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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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Patrick Rothfuss
Age: 51
Born: 1973
Born: June 6
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Patrick James Rothfuss
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Pride is always a better lever against the nobility than reason.
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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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If your name is getting too heavy, you should have Kvothe give you a new one.
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I've always liked the moonless night best. It's easier to say things in the dark. It's easier to be yourself.
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Just pity him, my boy. Tomorrow we'll be on our way, but he'll have to keep his own disagreeable company until the day he dies.
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Half a King is my favorite book by Joe Abercrombie so far, and that's saying something.
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I always read. You know how sharks have to keep swimming or they die? I’m like that. If I stop reading, I die.
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Nobody cooks using just one ingredient. Why would you write using just one flavor of story?
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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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I walked across the polished marble floor and sat on a red velvet lounging couch. I idly wondered how exactly one was supposed to lounge. I couldn't remember ever doing it myself. After a moment's consideration, I decided lounging was probably similar to relaxing, but with more money in your pocket.
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It's my belief that you should never show your work to anyone in the publishing world until it shines like a diamond. Rough drafts don't shine, as a rule. Mine certainly didn't. That's why I was rejected for years and years.
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My favourite member of the Beatles is Lennon. He might have been crazy. But he's my kind of crazy.
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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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Practice makes the master.
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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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I want a magical horse that fits in my pocket, Wil said. And a ring of red amber that gives me power over demons. And an endless supply of cake.
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