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
Ruling is hard. This was maybe my answer to Tolkien, whom, as much as I admire him, I do quibble with. Lord… — 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
She could not bear to look at him just now. If she did, she might well slap him again. Or cry. Or… — George R. R. Martin Copy Share Image
You look different now. Like a proper little girl," said Gendry. "I look like an oak tree, with all these stupid acorns,"… — George R. R. Martin Copy Share Image
Sometimes I think some of my fellow novelists who have not worked in television and film are very naive about this process.… — George R. R. Martin Copy Share Image
We look up at the same stars and see such different things." - Jon Snow — George R. R. Martin Copy Share Image
I was a journalism major, and I would take creative writing classes as part of that, but I would also look for… — George R. R. Martin Copy Share Image
I had an encyclopedia with a list of flags in the back, so I would look at all these flags of China… — 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
The man who passes the sentence should swing the sword. Look her in the eyes before you kill her. See her tears,… — George R. R. Martin Copy Share Image
You look pale, Sansa," Cersei observed. "Is your red flower still blooming?" "Yes" "How apt. The men will bleed out there, and… — George R. R. Martin Copy Share Image
A lot of fantasy names are too much. They’re too difficult to pronounce. I wanted the flavour of medieval England. I took… — 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 Image
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 Image
The true horrors of human history derive not from orcs and Dark Lords, but from ourselves. — George R. R. Martin Copy Share Image
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 Image
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 Image
“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 Image
The girl had hoped for fog, but the gods ignored her prayers as gods so often did. — George R. R. Martin Copy Share Image
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 Image
“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 Image
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 Image