I think one of the biggest mistakes you can make as a writer is to follow your initial [writing] plan too stringently. A story needs room to grow and evolve.

You do not know the first note of the music that moves me.

Fear tends to come from ignorance. Once I knew what the problem was, it was just a problem, nothing to fear.

Do you just want to get by? Or do you want to make me proud?

Auri," I asked slowly, "are you joking with me?" She looked up and grinned. "Yes I am," she said proudly. "Isn't it wonderful?

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.

The Chancellor looked down at the empty table for a minute. Then he shrugged, looked up, and gave a surprisingly jaunty smile. "All in favor of admitting first-term Kvothe's reckless use of sympathy as proof of mastery of basic principles of sympathy vote by show of hands.