“The myth of writer as, like, Asperger-style misanthrope, or, like, the Jack Nicholson, 'As Good As It Gets' - it just doesn't work, because writers, in order to write good characters, need to understand people. You need to understand your audience. You need to have so much empathy you could almost encourage empathy in others.”

American author

Patrick James Rothfuss is an American author best known for The Kingkiller Chronicle. His debut novel, The Name of the Wind, was published in 2007 and won several awards. He followed it with The Wise Man's Fear in 2011, the second book in the series, which reached the top of The New York Times Best Seller list. His work is known for the fantasy world and storytelling of that series.