Patrick Rothfuss Quotes

I am not the humblest person in the world. I admit that.

I'm as self-promoting as the next guy.

I don't wake up each morning saying, 'Oh, wow, it's me. I think I'm the cat's meow. I'm the best.'

Don't be humble... you're not that great.

Any time you talk about your own stuff you sound self-aggrandising.

The delicate balance between modesty and conceit is popularity.

I said I was 'The Greatest,' I never said I was the smartest!

If I was sharp in every area, I might be too big-headed or something.

A vain man finds it wise to speak good or ill of himself; a modest man does not talk of himself.

I'm quite modest. I don't want to tell people I'm a leader.

I never knew a more presumptuous person than myself. The fact that I say that shows that what I say is true.

On occasions I have been big-headed. I think most people are when they get in the limelight. I call myself Big Head just to remind myself not to be.

I don't have an ego; I'm not egotistical or anything like that.

I'm not great enough to be humble.

Only an idiot would open an exhibition saying, 'Look at my awesome work.'

I am not saying I don't think I'm good, but I'm not the type of player to have an ego or big myself up.

I'm not cocky. I'm not arrogant. I know my value.

I don't choose to be humble.

Frankly, my head can never be bloated.

Whenever you get one inch above the ground in your own esteem, you are that inch too high!

I said I was the greatest, not the smartest.

It is a fact which escapes no one, that, generally speaking, whoso is acquainted with his worth has but a little stock to cultivate acquaintance with.

I feel like I'm the best, but you're not going to get me to say that.

On a quick side note, I would argue that--much like Samuel L. Jackson--I am not arrogant at all; I'm just actually really, really great.

When you're working with music that is invariably better than you are, it's difficult to become swell-headed.