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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.

Patrick Rothfuss

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Patrick Rothfuss
Age: 51
Born: 1973
Born: June 6
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Madison
Wisconsin
Patrick James Rothfuss
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With slow care rather than stealth we must approach the subject of a certain woman. Her wildness is of such degree, I fear approaching her too quickly even in a story. Should I move recklessly, I might startle even the idea of her into sudden flight.
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Science is just magic with better PR.
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Beer dulls a memory, brand sets it burning, but wine is the best for a sore heart's yearning.
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You have to be a bit of a liar to tell a story the right way.
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Denna is a wild thing, I explained. Like a hind or a summer storm. If a storm blows down your house, or breaks a tree, you don't say the storm was mean. It was cruel. It acted according to its nature and something unfortunately was hurt. The same is true of Denna.
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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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There are two sure ways to lose a friend, one is to borrow, the other to lend.
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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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Don't get me wrong, magic is cool. But a nervous mother singing to her child at night while something moves quietly through the dark outside her house? That's a story. Handled properly, it's more dramatic than any apocalypse or goblin army could ever 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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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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That is like throwing two virgins into a bed. Enthusiasm, passion, and ignorance are not a good combination. Someone is likely to get hurt.
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What has made me most proud - the things that I've done that I feel the most pride about - is helping people care about making the world better.
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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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As a writer, I first felt successful before I was published.
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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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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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Stories only happen to people who can tell them.
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Generally my favorite remarks always come from my readers. I've had people say my books made them laugh, or cry, or that it frightened them late at night.
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Each book needs a good beginning and a good ending. People get pissed off when you don't close things off properly at the end.
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