Patrick Rothfuss Quotes

I think as a kid I always liked to listen to people. I loved hearing stories.

When I was little, I always used to like to tell stories cuz it was entertaining to people.

As long as there are living human beings, there will be language and stories.

I'm predisposed to think that as a people, we're hardwired to understand things through the telling of stories. I think that as human beings it's part of who we are.

We [people] are a species that's wired to tell stories. We need stories. It's how we make sense of things. It's how we learn.

I grew up in a family where the love of stories is very strong. And there's also a love of performance. I think one reason stories were so important in my family was that we moved around a lot.

I think storytelling is all about children. We human beings love to hear stories being told - and it first happens when you're a kid.

Humankind has been telling stories forever and will be telling stories forever.

Humans are kind of story-propagating creatures. If you think of how we spend our days, think of all the time you spend on entertainment. How much of your entertainment centers around stories? Most pieces of music tell stories. Even hanging out with your friends, you talk, you tell stories to each other. They're all stories. We live in stories.

Time is what allows stories to spread into people's consciousness.

One of the key qualities of all stories is that they are made to be shared.

People love stories. They need stories.

I think there is a human instinct to tell stories, no matter who you are or where you live.

We are the only animal that tells stories.

People need stories; they want stories. They always will.

It's important to tell stories, and it's a worthwhile thing to do.

Telling stories and having them received is so important. That dialogue is everything. I tell my students all the time that what separates us as human beings is our ability to hold stories. Our narrative history. There is so much power in that. Storytelling is our human industry.

I think, culturally, stories are important, whether it be cinema, whether it be by word of mouth - which I don't even know if we do anymore, as it all seems to be social media.

It is my belief that we as human beings have a need to tell stories - I think it's evolutionary. So you can think of the short story as a literary form, or you can instead think of stories.

I always wanted to tell stories. From the time I had 20 cents or a quarter in my pocket, I could peddle my old Rambler 500 down to the corner store and buy comic books.

Stories are verbal acts of hospitality.

As human beings, the closest we can get to truth is through story.

Stories are the most important thing in the world. Without stories, we wouldn't be human beings at all.

I suppose there will never be a lack of things to say, of stories to be told and shared.

I don't know of a greater privilege than being allowed to tell a story, or to listen to a story. They're the only thing we have that can trump life itself.