Owls are wise. They are careful and patient. Wisdom precludes boldness. That is why owls make poor heroes.
Patrick RothfussFor me the really cool parts of being an author don't have anything to do with getting onto a bestseller list.
Patrick RothfussI do this so you cannot help but hear. A wise man views a moonless night with fear.
Patrick RothfussFor most practical purposes Tarbean had two pieces: Waterside and Hillside. Waterside is where people are poor. That makes them beggars, thieves, and whores. Hillside is where people are rich. That makes them solicitors, politicians, and courtesans.
Patrick RothfussI don't try to take a person out of our world and put them into my world; that wouldn't work. It's sort of like bad Photoshop: If you see something Photoshopped together - and even if it's done pretty well - the eye catches on it. That happens a lot when people try to cut and paste people from our world into their fourteenth-century historical romance novel.
Patrick Rothfuss