1,055 Quotes by Patrick Rothfuss

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.

I don't feel beholden to follow the real world at all. The important thing is to know WHY things turned out the way they did. You need to understand the reasons for events, or at least be able to make reasonable guesses about them.

Right now my favorite thing is working to recall our absolute shitbag of a governor. He's been screwing up my state for more than a year. I want him out.

I won the only duel I ever lost.

Most games follow a real railroad plot, no matter what you want, you're following their storyline to its unavoidable conclusion. I'd like to write a game where your character can follow any number of possible story arcs and sub-plots.

There is only one Whedon, and I am his prophet.

Just because I tread heavily on propriety's toes doesn't mean I can't play the game when it's of use to me.

The good thing about working on the books for 14 years before they hit the shelves is that I worked out most of the kinks long before they were published.

It's hard for a newbie author to get noticed.