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That's all that really matters in the end. Stories.

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Patrick Rothfuss
Age: 51
Born: 1973
Born: June 6
Novelist
Teacher
Writer
Madison
Wisconsin
Patrick James Rothfuss
Stories
Matter
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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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Why would I want to win anything other than a beautiful game?
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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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Now it's virtually impossible to write a game that successfully provides challenge and frustration, and that's a shame. We are going to lose something that makes scientists, that makes doers, that makes hard-minded, witty, clever people, and I worry that those people aren't being made these days.
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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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Secrets of the heart. We swallow hard against them every day, forcing them deep inside us. There they sit, growing heavier, festering. Given enough time, they cannot help but crush the heart that holds them.
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But to love something despite. To know the flaws and love them too. This is rare and pure and perfect.
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It's hard for me to take myself too seriously when I'm constantly experiencing firsthand what an incredible gimp I can be.
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Only priests and fools are fearless and I've never been on the best of terms with God.
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I can't give you the moon,” the tinker said. “She doesn't belong to me. She belongs only to herself.
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Remember this son, if you forget everything else. A poet is a musician who can't sing. Words have to find a man's mind before they can touch his heart. And, some men's minds are woeful small targets. Music touches their hearts directly, no matter how small or stubborn the mind of the man who listens.
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Isn't that the way of the world? We want the sweet things, but we need the unpleasant ones.
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Owls are wise. They are careful and patient. Wisdom precludes boldness. That is why owls make poor heroes.
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Performance and music are inexorably tied together. And hell, I'll watch Brittany's Toxic music video all day. But there's a difference between that and listening to Leo Kottke play guitar. One is entertainment. The other is Music.
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I think the best part of being an author is that I get to learn about anything I want and explain it away as research.
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Coming to grips with being a bit of a celebrity. That's not anything I ever expected to have to deal with in my life.
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...it is better to have a mouthful of poison than a secret of the heart.
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One reason we love fiction is because stories have a comforting shape. They provide a resolution that's lacking in our regular lives.
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Sometimes I go outside after a long stretch of writing and I'm surprised it's not raining. Or that it's daylight. Or that it's not the middle of winter. I don't know if that level of immersion is normal, but it's now I do things. I like it. It works well for me.
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