Start trying to work out who deserves what, and before long you'll spend the rest of your days weeping for each and… — George R. R. Martin Copy Share Image
He understood the way that you could sometimes fall right into them, as if each page was a hole into another world. — George R. R. Martin Copy Share Image
Only a fool humbles himself when the world is so full of men eager to do that job for him. (Theon Greyjoy) — 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
I had this desire to see the world. I couldn't see any of it, but I saw it in my imagination, and… — George R. R. Martin Copy Share Image
When I am writing best, I really am lost in my world. I lose track of the outside world. I have a… — George R. R. Martin Copy Share Image
There was part of me that wanted to see the world and travel to distant places, but I could only do it… — George R. R. Martin Copy Share Image
Generally speaking, I'm much more in favour of penises entering vaginas than axes entering skulls. But the world seems to accept the… — George R. R. Martin Copy Share Image
When I'm writing from a character's viewpoint, in essence I become that character; I share their thoughts, I see the world through… — George R. R. Martin Copy Share Image
Whenever I switch from one character to another, there's always a few days where I really struggle because I'm changing voices and… — George R. R. Martin Copy Share Image
Life is very full of sex, or should be. As much as I admire Tolkien - and I do, he was a… — George R. R. Martin Copy Share Image
Swords have been my life, not books. But every child knows that the Targaryens have always danced too close to madness. Your… — George R. R. Martin Copy Share Image
I'm a strong believer in telling stories through a limited but very tight third person point of view. I have used other… — George R. R. Martin Copy Share Image
I'm not a writer who's preaching some particular philosophy or something but the big questions do concern me and I like to… — George R. R. Martin Copy Share Image
There is no shame in loving. If your septons say there is, your seven gods must be demons. In the isles we… — George R. R. Martin Copy Share Image
In order to get inside their skin, I have to identify with them. That includes even the ones who are complete bastards,… — George R. R. Martin Copy Share Image
I believe that a writer learns from every story he writes, and when you try different things, you learn different lessons. Working… — 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
