But Tolkien doesn't ask the question: What was Aragorn's tax policy? — George R. R. Martin Copy Share Image
I have some other novels I want to write. I have a lot of short stories - I love the short story. — George R. R. Martin Copy Share Image
They'll kill for that knighthood, but don't ever think they'll die for it. — George R. R. Martin Copy Share Image
I was always intensely Romantic, even when I was too young to understand what that meant. — George R. R. Martin Copy Share Image
Words are like arrows, Arianne. Once loosed, you cannot call them back. - Areo Hotah — George R. R. Martin Copy Share Image
One of the things I love, and I'm a voracious reader as well as a writer, is books that surprise me, that… — George R. R. Martin Copy Share Image
As much as I love historical fiction, my problem with historical fiction is that you always know what's going to happen. — George R. R. Martin Copy Share Image
...and when you’ve known me longer, you’ll learn that I mean everything I say.” “Even the lies?” “Especially the lies. — George R. R. Martin Copy Share Image
Whether you're a history buff or a fantasy fan, Druon's epic will keep you turning pages. This was the original game of… — George R. R. Martin Copy Share Image
We're all the heroes of our own stories. So, when I am inside the head of a character who would otherwise be… — George R. R. Martin Copy Share Image
There is something old and true in fantasy that speaks to something deep within us, to the child who dreamt that one… — George R. R. Martin Copy Share Image
I was a novelist first. But in the mid-'80s, I did work in television for ten years. And yes, that was frequently… — George R. R. Martin Copy Share Image
As Faulkner says, all of us have the capacity in us for great good and for great evil, for love but also… — George R. R. Martin Copy Share Image
Chaos isn’t a pit. Chaos is a ladder. Many who try to climb it fail and never get to try again. The… — George R. R. Martin Copy Share Image
Tolkien can say that Aragorn became king and reigned for a hundred years, and he was wise and good. But Tolkien doesn’t ask the… — George R. R. Martin Copy Share
The best writing advice I had was [in] ‘Heinlein’s Rules for Writers’ by (American science fiction author) Robert A. Heinlein. His first rule is… — George R. R. Martin Copy Share
The true horrors of human history derive not from orcs and Dark Lords, but from ourselves. — George R. R. Martin Copy Share
That little touch is not in the books, but I wish it had been in the books because it was a great addition. — George R. R. Martin Copy Share
I always felt like Gandalf should have stayed dead. That was such an incredible sequence in Fellowship of the Ring when he faces the… — George R. R. Martin Copy Share
“The title was but a courtesy due him as a council member; Varys was lord of nothing but the spiderweb, the master of none… — George R. R. Martin Copy Share
The girl had hoped for fog, but the gods ignored her prayers as gods so often did. — George R. R. Martin Copy Share
Over the years, more than one reviewer has described my fantasy series, 'A Song of Ice and Fire', as historical fiction about history that… — George R. R. Martin Copy Share
“Jaime had decided that he would return Sansa, and the younger girl as well if she could be found. It was not like to… — George R. R. Martin Copy Share
If the day comes when you would find me again, give that coin to any man from Braavos, and say these words to him--valar… — George R. R. Martin Copy Share
Believe it or not, I worked four summers in college as a sports writer covering baseball for a parks and rec department in Bayonne,… — George R. R. Martin Copy Share
I believe that women are many different types of people. There are brave women, there are cowardly women, there are altruistic women, there are… — George R. R. Martin Copy Share
