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Patrick Rothfuss

Patrick James Rothfuss (born June 6, 1973) is an American writer of epic fantasy. He is best known for his series The Kingkiller Chronicle, which won him several awards, including the 2007 Quill Award for his debut novel, The Name of the Wind. Its sequel, The Wise Man's Fear, topped The New York Times Best Seller list.

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What I'd love more than anything is for Worldbuilders to continue to grow and become entangled in all the different corners of the geek community.

Become, Community, Continue, Different, Geek

It was the patient, cut-flower sound of a man who is waiting to die.

Cutting, Die, Flower, Man, Men, Sound

Fencing is more a sport than a martial art. It would be like basing your knowledge of roman phalanx warfare on NFL football.

Art, Fencing, Football, Like, Phalanx, Sports

A troublesome question? Those tend to be the only whorthwhile kind.

Kind, Question, Tend, Troublesome, Whorthwhile

A lot of new writers assume you have to know the where the story is going and that it flows out as molten gold. But really, sometimes you think you are going to one place, but then you decide that is dumb idea. Then you go somewhere else and it is a worse idea. But then you switch again and you might have a beautiful accident.

Beautiful, Dumb, Somewhere Else, Thinking, Worse, Writers

I was just wondering why you're here.

Wonder, Wondering

Joss [Whedon] is an excellent storyteller. It really doesn't matter what medium he's working in.

Excellent, Matter, Mediums, Storyteller, Whedon

Knowing your own ignorance is the first step to enlightenment.

Enlightenment, Ignorance, Knowing, Step

I wanted to tell her that she was the first beautiful thing I had seen in three years. That the sight of her yawning to the back of her hand was enough to drive the breath from me. How I sometimes lost the sense of her words in the sweet fluting of her voice. I wanted to say that if she were with me then somehow nothing could ever be wrong for me again.

Beautiful, Sweet, Sight, Back, Drive

The boy grows upward, but the girl grows up.

Boy, Boys, Girl, Growing Up, Grows

There is a sort of camaraderie that rarely exists except between men who have fought the same enemies and know the same women.

Camaraderie, Enemies, Enemy, Men, Same, Sort

Appearance is a type of power.

Appearance, Power, Type

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.

Letters, Littles, Query, Write, Writing

Language is inexorably tied to power and understanding. And power and understanding are the roots of magic. Just the act of writing something down is a magical act.

Language, Magic, Magical, Roots, Understanding, Writing

It's easier to write about heartbreak after you've had your heart broken. You have more material to draw from, you can extrapolate from your own experiences and make reasonable assumptions about how your characters would feel and act.

Act, Broken, Character, Heart, Material, Writing

It gets tiresome being spoken to as if you are a child, even if you happen to be one.

Child, Children, Happen, Happens, Tiresome

No man is brave that has never walked a hundred miles. If you want to know the truth of who you are, walk until not a person knows your name. Travel is the great leveler, the great teacher, bitter as medicine, crueler than mirror-glass. A long stretch of road will teach you more about yourself than a hundred years of quiet introspection.

Medicine, Men, Person, Road, Teacher, Travel

I'm a firm supporter of the word polyamory. But that one is close to my heart.

Close, Firm, Heart, Polyamory, Word

I'm not implying that fantasy is for kids. I'm saying that more and more people are finally realizing that there's more to fantasy stories than elves and wizards and goblin armies.

Armies, Army, Goblin, Implying, Kids, People

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.

Games, Mean, Play, Toes

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