We live out our lives as we are meant to live them-with some choice, with some chance, but mostly as a result of the persons we are.

She has her gown nicely in place tonight, doesn't she? Black velvet and sparkles, not a thread left hanging. Clever girl, this city. Even the sky is her friend.

...[Y]ou have an inner strength that makes it possible for you to do things other people couldn't even begin to think of doing.

I want you, as a reader, to experience what I experience, to let that other world, that imaginary world that I have created, tell you things about the real world.

THE NAME OF THE WIND marks the debut of a writer we would all do well to watch. Patrick Rothfuss has real talent, and his tale of Kvothe is deep and intricate and wondrous.

I think I make better use of language and imagery than when I started out.

Even after Sword was published, I was still only thinking about the next book, Elfstones.