You never do things the easy way, do you?" she said. "There's an easy way?" I asked.
Patrick RothfussReading can almost be viewed as empathy training. Movies have better action scenes, sure. But books are uniquely suited to showing you the inside of another person's head. That is the root of empathy. That's the first step to understanding you're not alone in the world.
Patrick RothfussI was pretty poor for a long time. Not *poor* poor. But college student poor. I lived for most of my adult life living on student wages, then after I got my MA and started teaching, I lived on teacher's wages, which isn't much better.
Patrick RothfussIf I could sum it up in 50 words, I wouldn't have needed to write a whole novel about it.
Patrick RothfussBeer dulls a memory, brand sets it burning, but wine is the best for a sore heart's yearning.
Patrick RothfussStand alone books are nice because they have everything all in one tidy little package. Neverwhere was awesome because you get action, adventure, character development, the exploration of a strange world, PLUS resolution of all the problems and mysteries at the end. No lines no waiting. That's very satisfying. Multi-volume stories are satisfying too, just in a different way.
Patrick Rothfuss