I tend to write one character at a time. But I don't write the entirety of one character at a time. — George R. R. Martin Copy Share Image
Not all books are for all people. We read for different reasons. — George R. R. Martin Copy Share Image
I never finished any of my early stories. They were all beginnings, an endless number of beginnings. — George R. R. Martin Copy Share Image
All fiction has to have a certain amount of truth in it to be powerful. — George R. R. Martin Copy Share Image
I know some writers can write on the road, but I'm not one of them. — George R. R. Martin Copy Share Image
A lot of writing takes place in the subconscious, and it's bound to have an effect. — George R. R. Martin Copy Share Image
You want people to be eager for your book; the downside is when the people forget the series even exists. — George R. R. Martin Copy Share Image
I'm one of those writers who say, 'I've enjoy having written.' — George R. R. Martin Copy Share Image
You always try to do your own thing. One of the things I wanted to do was to write a book that… — George R. R. Martin Copy Share Image
The vast majority of writers out there, they finish their books, and no one cares whether their book is late or ever… — George R. R. Martin Copy Share Image
I've been many kinds of writers in my career: novelist; tele-playwright; short story writer. As a high-school student, I wrote amateur pieces… — 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
The most important thing for any aspiring writer, is to read! And not just the sort of thing you're trying to write,… — George R. R. Martin Copy Share Image
One of the hardest parts of writing is writing from the gut or the heart or something like that rather than intellectually. — George R. R. Martin Copy Share Image
I have idea files of books that I want to write one of these days, stories I want to write one of… — George R. R. Martin Copy Share Image
Start with short stories. After all, if you were taking up rock climbing, you wouldn't start with Mount Everest. So if you're… — George R. R. Martin Copy Share Image
The way my books are structured, everyone was together, then they all went their separate ways and the story deltas out like… — George R. R. Martin Copy Share Image
I have many books that I want to write; I'd like to think that I'll be around for another 20 years or… — George R. R. Martin Copy Share Image
It's really irritating when you open a book, and 10 pages into it you know that the hero you met on page… — George R. R. Martin Copy Share Image
As a writer, my goal, (which I'm never going to achieve, and I know that, and no writer can achieve that,) but… — George R. R. Martin Copy Share Image
I would also suggest that any aspiring writer begin with short stories. These days, I meet far too many young writers who… — George R. R. Martin Copy Share Image
I can see a scene in my head, and when I try to get it down in words on paper, the words… — George R. R. Martin Copy Share Image
The odd thing about being a writer is you do tend to lose yourself in your books. Sometimes it seems like real… — George R. R. Martin Copy Share Image
It’s being ready to accept rejection. You can work on a book for two years and get it published, and it’s like… — George R. R. Martin Copy Share Image
I get up every day and work in the morning. I have my coffee and get to work. On good days I… — George R. R. Martin Copy Share Image
All fiction, if it's successful, is going to appeal to the emotions. Emotion is really what fiction is all about. That's not… — George R. R. Martin Copy Share Image
I hate outlines. I have a broad sense of where the story is going; I know the end, I know the end… — George R. R. Martin Copy Share Image
One of the great things about books is you can afford to do anything. — George R. R. Martin Copy Share Image
There are two kinds of writers. There are architects and gardeners. The architects do blueprints before they drive the first nail. The… — George R. R. Martin Copy Share Image
When the writing is going really well, whole days and weeks go by, and I suddenly realise I have all these unpaid… — George R. R. Martin Copy Share Image
It's different for every writer. It's not a career for anyone who needs security. It's a career for gamblers. It's a career… — George R. R. Martin Copy Share Image
The best writing advice I had was [in] ‘Heinlein’s Rules for Writers’ by (American science fiction author) Robert A. Heinlein. His first… — George R. R. Martin Copy Share Image
One of the big breakthroughs, I think for me, was reading Robert A. Heinlein's four rules of writing, one of which was,… — 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
![“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 that you must write, and I was already doing that, but his second rule is, ‘You must finish what you write,’ and that had a big impact on me.” quote by George R. R. Martin](https://sms4smile.com/q/img-quotes/14d/george-r-r-martin-2-926_advice_the-best-writing-advice-i-had-was-in-hei_51395.jpg)
