There is nothing quite so delightfully mysterious as a secret in your own backyard. Patrick Rothfuss More Quotes by Patrick Rothfuss More Quotes From Patrick Rothfuss I don't really have a lot of expensive tastes. What else am I really going to do with my money? Buy a little red sports car? Wear a lot of jewelry? Build a castle? Well... I might do the last one. Maybe. Eventually. But that doesn't mean I can't run Worldbuilders too. Patrick Rothfuss runningsportsmean Joss [Whedon] is an excellent storyteller. It really doesn't matter what medium he's working in. Patrick Rothfuss mediumsexcellentmatter I'd love to get a chance to talk shop with Joss Whedon. That's pretty high up there on the list. Patrick Rothfuss listsshopschance It's like the query letter problem that I just mentioned, magnified a hundredfold. You might be good at telling a story, but that doesn't mean you know anything about marketing. Or layout. Or editing. Or publicity. Or selling your books for foreign markets.Everyone can point to a few examples of people that have done very well for themselves self-publishing. But honestly, those folks are lucky as lottery winners. Patrick Rothfuss selfmeanbook I'm not officially a collector, but I have a strange attraction and a weakness for keys and coins. Old keys and interesting coins. Patrick Rothfuss weaknesskeysinteresting 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. Patrick Rothfuss pridedonepeople I'd love to take a stab at writing videogames. There are a lot of storytelling opportunities that really aren't being taken advantage of in that field. I'd like to experiment with telling a truly non-linear story. Patrick Rothfuss takenwritingopportunity It's my opinion that if you're trying to tell a realistic story that centers around realistic characters, you can't help but touch on important issues. Those issues are what make us human. Patrick Rothfuss issuestryingcharacter I was heavily influenced by my first attempt at a novel. I started a fantasy novel back in high school, and... well... it really sucked. It was a plotless, clichéd mess. Patrick Rothfuss fantasy-novelsschoolfirsts I have a blog where I keep in touch with my fans. I write about things that are important to me. Sometimes on there I'll just tell a little story about the things that happen in my everyday life. People seem to enjoy them well enough. Patrick Rothfuss everydaywritingpeople 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. Patrick Rothfuss nightbookpeople And if Hollywood has taught us anything, it's that cool props and special effects are not enough. Story comes first. Everything depends on story. Patrick Rothfuss taught-ushollywoodspecial 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. Patrick Rothfuss armykidspeople Reading is professionally important for me to keep tuned in to what's being written in my genre, let's not lie. But that's not the reason I read. I read for my own emotional and mental health. If I stopped reading, I'd probably just die. Patrick Rothfuss emotionalreadinglying It's not prowess if you watch 5 hours of TV a day. It's just how you choose to spend your time. Patrick Rothfuss hourstvswatches It's hard for me to take myself too seriously when I'm constantly experiencing firsthand what an incredible gimp I can be. Patrick Rothfuss incredibleshardi-can My thought is, if you're a book lover, you're going to enjoy winning a book even if it's not something you'd ordinarily pick up on your own. It's a chance to expand your horizons a little. Patrick Rothfuss horizonwinningbook I really enjoy work to a purpose. Maybe that makes me kind of strange. In some ways - and this is going to sound awful - it could be that writing is the worst job that I've ever had. Because it's so much more important to me and there's so much more opportunity for failure and I have so many people depending on me. In some ways it's the most satisfying, the most gratifying, and the most rewarding job I've ever had. But I actually would say it's probably the worst job I've ever had too. Patrick Rothfuss writingopportunityjobs 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. Patrick Rothfuss realwritingcharacter Soft fantasy worlds have a much looser cause-and-effect relationship. Alchemists can turn lead into gold and nobody wonders about how it will impact the currency system. Someone waves a wand and turns an elephant into a mouse and nobody worries about conservation of mass. Patrick Rothfuss impactelephantsworry
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