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Metal rusts, music lasts forever.

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Patrick Rothfuss
Age: 51
Born: 1973
Born: June 6
Novelist
Teacher
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Madison
Wisconsin
Patrick James Rothfuss
Rusts
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Metal
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That's all that really matters in the end. Stories.
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There can be many opinions on a thing, but there is only one truth. Vashet smiled lazily. And if the pursuit of the truth was my goal, that would concern me. She gave a long yawn, stretching like a happy cat. Instead I will focus on the joy in my heart, [...}
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Pride is always a better lever against the nobility than reason.
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Science is just magic with better PR.
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It's easier to write about heartbreak after you've had your heart broken. You have more material to draw from, you can extrapolate from your own experiences and make reasonable assumptions about how your characters would feel and act.
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You have to be a bit of a liar to tell a story the right way.
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Its like he knows he's better than you, but doesn't look down on you for it because he knows it's not your fault.
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I'm honestly not a big fan of pitching things. I'm a firm believer of letting the product speak for iteself.
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But how awful would that be? How terrible to live surrounded by the stark, sharp, hollowness of things that simply were enough?
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I loved college. I wish I was still taking classes instead of teaching them.
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What are the three most important rules of the chemist? This I knew from Ben. Label clearly. Measure twice. Eat elsewhere.
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Just handle the books gently and you’ll get along fine.
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Unfortunately, a lot of fantasy is chock full of sexism and racism. A lot of authors don't even realize they're doing it, and a lot of readers don't know they're reading it. That's what makes it so scary in some cases.
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All stories are true, Skarpi said. But this one really happened, if that's what you mean.
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It was the patient, cut-flower sound of a man who is waiting to die.
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Hespe's mouth went firm. She didn't scowl exactly, but it looked like she was getting all the pieces of a scowl together in one place, just in case she needed them in a hurry.
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Auri, I asked slowly, are you joking with me? She looked up and grinned. Yes I am, she said proudly. Isn't it wonderful?
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It gets tiresome being spoken to as if you are a child, even if you happen to be one.
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I think one of the biggest mistakes you can make as a writer is to follow your initial [writing] plan too stringently. A story needs room to grow and evolve.
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