It's one thing to not want an evil-sorcerer type villain in your story, but it's another thing to avoid having any sort of antagonist at all. A story without an antagonist gets weird pretty quick.
Patrick RothfussTo be both rich and handsome was bad enough. But to have a voice like honey over warm bread on top of that was simply inexcusable.
Patrick RothfussI am no poet. I do not love words for the sake of words. I love words for what they can accomplish. Similarly, I am no arithmetician. Numbers that speak only of numbers are of little interest to me.
Patrick Rothfuss