1,055 Quotes by Patrick Rothfuss

I'm not a speed writer. I write slowly and revise obsessively. The end result tends to be good. That's where my strength is.

I've got an idea for a modern day faerie tale that I think would made a great short novel. But I just don't have the time to work on it right now. I'm way too busy with the 'Kingkiller Chronicles' and being a new dad.

I believe a writer's most important skill lies in being able to see things from different perspectives.

The day we fret about the future is the day we leave our childhood behind.

Perhaps the greatest faculty our minds possess is the ability to cope with pain.

Too much truth confuses the facts. Too much honesty makes you sound insincere

The problem with dragons is that everyone uses them. All the time. When that happens, they become commonplace. A lot of people think you can just throw them into a story and suddenly whatever you're writing is 28% cooler. But that doesn't work. All that does is make dragons into some boring cliche.

It was only then I realized I didn't know the name of Elodin's class. I leafed through the ledger until I spotted Elodin's name, then ran my finger back to where the title of the class was listed in fresh dark ink: "Introduction to Not Being a Stupid Jackass." I sighed and penned my name in the single blank space beneath.

Writing a good query letter has very little to do with writing a good novel. But if you can't write the one, it makes it really hard to get the other published.