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 have learned to do more with less, so you don't see the big books anymore.

I cannot imagine life without books any more than I can imagine life without breathing.

We must nurture and love, if life is to have any real meaning. But First we must find a way to survive against the things that prevent us from doing so.

For a writer, its very attractive to stay in one world for a time.

Writing fantasy lets me imagine a great deal more than, say, writing about alligators, and lets me write about places more distant than Florida, but I can tell you things about Florida and alligators, let you make the connection all on your own.

Faith, Princess," the Prism Cat repeated. "It is a highly underrated weapon against the dark things in this world.