Patrick Rothfuss Quotes

Problems are good. Impossible problems are even better.

Give yourself an impossible task and solve it - then you've got a really good story.

Nearly every man who develops an idea works it up to the point where it looks impossible, and then he gets discouraged. That's not the place to become discouraged.

I accept challenges, I have always done that in writing.

Passion means finding a way.

Adversity is the mother of enterprise.

For all of us it’s the things that won’t work that keep our interest.

when times are tough, the weak bail and the tough get creative.

A real scientist solves problems, not wails that they are unsolvable.

When you are failing, you are forced to be creative, to dig deep and think, night and day.

Not everything is about beating your head against the wall until it breaks.” “Just most things.

When you can't create you can work

Problems are hidden opportunities and constraints can actually boost creativity. If you have some crazy ideas in your mind, and that people tell you that it's impossible to make, well, that's an even better reason to want to do it, because people have a tendency to see the problems rather than the final result, whereas if you start to deal with problems as being your allies rather than your opponents, life will start to dance with you in the most amazing way.

I'm somebody who finds adversity is almost as good as encouragement. It's almost like, you close the door, and I'll find ten ways to kick it in and go around it or dig under it or something.

If you can't go through it, find a way around it. Don't spend all your time banging your head.

Madame, if it is possible, it has already been done; if impossible, it will be done.

We shall either find a way or make one.

Failing passionately is a success in its own right.

When people tell me I can't do something, that's what excites me. It makes me perform better.

I like to overcome great challenges.

I'm a plodder, one foot in front of the other. Life is all about understanding that anything that can go wrong, will go wrong. And it's your ability with how you deal with that adversity that ultimately affects your success.

Over the years, I've learned that if you can just hang in there and, regardless of what's presented to you, take it as a challenge and try to bring in something fresh, then it works.

I had noticed that many of these successful people, historical and contemporary, shared certain common traits. They had a way of thinking that was exceptionally fluid; they could adapt to almost any circumstance; when confronted with problems, they could look at them from novel perspectives and solve them.

Sometimes I like practicing, sometimes I don't. But I like the result... I hardly ever get discouraged. Maybe right when it's very hard to get something done correctly, but then the idea flashes through of how to fix it. And I get encouraged. And other ideas flow.

I always look for a challenge. Maybe it's part of my mentality to create something special.