Might have, could have, may have, should have—the haves and have nots reduced to pointless possibilities.

On the other hand, I still approach each book with the same basic plan in mind - to put some people under severe stress and see how they hold up.

It's better to die in pursuit of your dreams than to live a life without hope.

I am incomplete without my work. I am so closely bound to it, so much identified by it, that without it I think I would crumble into dust and drift away.

You shouldn't believe everything you hear you're young, not stupid.

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 haven't made up my mind about doing anymore Landover books.