--- title: "13 Way Quotes By George R. R. Martin" description: "13 Way quotes by George R. R. Martin. Plus more from George R. R. Martin and more Way sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0e5/george-r-r-martin-2-926_needlework_what-do-you-like-to-do-she-scuffed-a-toe_1054957.jpg" --- > [What do you like to do?” She scuffed a toe amongst the rushes. “Needlework.” “Very restful, isn’t it?” “Well,” said Arya, “not…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-r-r-martin-2/what-do-you-like-to-do-she-scuffed-a-toe-amongst-the-rushes/) [George R. R. Martin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-r-r-martin-2/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0e5/george-r-r-martin-2-926_needlework_what-do-you-like-to-do-she-scuffed-a-toe_1054957.jpg) > [I do get invitations all of the time to play actual fantasy football, by the way, but I get the feeling that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-r-r-martin-2/i-do-get-invitations-all-of-the-time-to-play-actual-fantasy-football/) [George R. R. Martin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-r-r-martin-2/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9cd/george-r-r-martin-2-926_actual_i-do-get-invitations-all-of-the-time-to_1820499.jpg) > [He understood the way that you could sometimes fall right into them, as if each page was a hole into another world.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-r-r-martin-2/he-understood-the-way-that-you-could-sometimes-fall-right-into-them/) [George R. R. Martin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-r-r-martin-2/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/def/george-r-r-martin-2-926_another-world_he-understood-the-way-that-you-could-som_2667151.jpg) > [If you're going to write about war, which my books are about, wars are nasty things. I think it's sort of a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-r-r-martin-2/if-you-re-going-to-write-about-war-which-my-books-are-about-wars-are/) [George R. R. Martin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-r-r-martin-2/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5d5/george-r-r-martin-2-926_about_if-you-re-going-to-write-about-war-which_1345042.jpg) > [In my 10 years that I spent out in TV and film, I had my shares of frustrations and annoyances and disappointments,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-r-r-martin-2/in-my-10-years-that-i-spent-out-in-tv-and-film-i-had-my-shares-of/) [George R. R. Martin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-r-r-martin-2/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e82/george-r-r-martin-2-926_annoyance_in-my-10-years-that-i-spent-out-in-tv-an_3131172.jpg) > [I believe that a writer learns from every story he writes, and when you try different things, you learn different lessons. Working…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-r-r-martin-2/i-believe-that-a-writer-learns-from-every-story-he-writes-and-when/) [George R. R. Martin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-r-r-martin-2/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/402/george-r-r-martin-2-926_approach_i-believe-that-a-writer-learns-from-ever_2774641.jpg) > [If you go all the way back, I've always written science-fiction, I've always written fantasy, I've always written horror stories and monster…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-r-r-martin-2/if-you-go-all-the-way-back-i-ve-always-written-science-fiction-i-ve/) [George R. R. Martin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-r-r-martin-2/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2ab/george-r-r-martin-2-926_always_if-you-go-all-the-way-back-i-ve-always-w_2375186.jpg) > [A great many of the epic fantasies, from The Lord of the Rings onward, are about war, but to my mind, a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-r-r-martin-2/a-great-many-of-the-epic-fantasies-from-the-lord-of-the-rings-onward/) [George R. R. Martin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-r-r-martin-2/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/553/george-r-r-martin-2-926_consequence_a-great-many-of-the-epic-fantasies-from_2189306.jpg) > [I always give my students exercises where they really have to open a vein and bleed all over the paper and that's…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-r-r-martin-2/i-always-give-my-students-exercises-where-they-really-have-to-open-a/) [George R. R. Martin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-r-r-martin-2/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9bb/george-r-r-martin-2-926_character_i-always-give-my-students-exercises-wher_2907188.jpg) > [There are a number of things that I'm trying to get into the books. There's a meta-fictional aspect, if I may use…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-r-r-martin-2/there-are-a-number-of-things-that-i-m-trying-to-get-into-the-books/) [George R. R. Martin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-r-r-martin-2/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/86b/george-r-r-martin-2-926_answers_there-are-a-number-of-things-that-i-m-tr_3177112.jpg) > [The way my books are structured, everyone was together, then they all went their separate ways and the story deltas out like…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-r-r-martin-2/the-way-my-books-are-structured-everyone-was-together-then-they-all/) [George R. R. Martin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-r-r-martin-2/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/351/george-r-r-martin-2-926_book_the-way-my-books-are-structured-everyone_2565716.jpg) > [I hate outlines. I have a broad sense of where the story is going; I know the end, I know the end…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-r-r-martin-2/i-hate-outlines-i-have-a-broad-sense-of-where-the-story-is-going-i/) [George R. R. Martin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-r-r-martin-2/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d17/george-r-r-martin-2-926_book_i-hate-outlines-i-have-a-broad-sense-of_637587.jpg) > [I'm a strong believer in telling stories through a limited but very tight third person point of view. I have used other…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-r-r-martin-2/i-m-a-strong-believer-in-telling-stories-through-a-limited-but-very/) [George R. R. Martin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-r-r-martin-2/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8f2/george-r-r-martin-2-926_behind-you_i-m-a-strong-believer-in-telling-stories_1247278.jpg) ## Other authors on Way ## More by George R. R. Martin > [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-r-r-martin-2/tolkien-can-say-that-aragorn-became-king-and-reigned-for-a-hundred/) [George R. R. Martin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-r-r-martin-2/) > [ 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… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-r-r-martin-2/the-best-writing-advice-i-had-was-in-heinlein-s-rules-for-writers-by/) [George R. R. Martin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-r-r-martin-2/) > [In this world, only winter is certain](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-r-r-martin-2/in-this-world-only-winter-is-certain/) [George R. R. Martin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-r-r-martin-2/) > [“A man who sees nothing has no use for his eyes.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-r-r-martin-2/a-man-who-sees-nothing-has-no-use-for-his-eyes/) [George R. R. Martin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-r-r-martin-2/) > [The true horrors of human history derive not from orcs and Dark Lords, but from ourselves.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-r-r-martin-2/the-true-horrors-of-human-history-derive-not-from-orcs-and-dark-lords/) [George R. R. Martin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-r-r-martin-2/) > [That little touch is not in the books, but I wish it had been in the books because it was a great addition.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-r-r-martin-2/that-little-touch-is-not-in-the-books-but-i-wish-it-had-been-in-the/) [George R. R. Martin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-r-r-martin-2/) > [I always felt like Gandalf should have stayed dead. That was such an incredible sequence in Fellowship of the Ring when he faces the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-r-r-martin-2/i-always-felt-like-gandalf-should-have-stayed-dead-that-was-such-an/) [George R. R. Martin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-r-r-martin-2/) > [“The title was but a courtesy due him as a council member; Varys was lord of nothing but the spiderweb, the master of none…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-r-r-martin-2/the-title-was-but-a-courtesy-due-him-as-a-council-member-varys-was/) [George R. R. Martin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-r-r-martin-2/) > [The girl had hoped for fog, but the gods ignored her prayers as gods so often did.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-r-r-martin-2/the-girl-had-hoped-for-fog-but-the-gods-ignored-her-prayers-as-gods/) [George R. R. Martin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-r-r-martin-2/) > [Over the years, more than one reviewer has described my fantasy series, 'A Song of Ice and Fire', as historical fiction about history that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-r-r-martin-2/over-the-years-more-than-one-reviewer-has-described-my-fantasy-series/) [George R. R. Martin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-r-r-martin-2/) > [“Jaime had decided that he would return Sansa, and the younger girl as well if she could be found. It was not like to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-r-r-martin-2/jaime-had-decided-that-he-would-return-sansa-and-the-younger-girl-as/) [George R. R. Martin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-r-r-martin-2/) > [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-r-r-martin-2/if-the-day-comes-when-you-would-find-me-again-give-that-coin-to-any/) [George R. R. Martin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-r-r-martin-2/) > [Believe it or not, I worked four summers in college as a sports writer covering baseball for a parks and rec department in Bayonne,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-r-r-martin-2/believe-it-or-not-i-worked-four-summers-in-college-as-a-sports-writer/) [George R. R. Martin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-r-r-martin-2/) > [I believe that women are many different types of people. There are brave women, there are cowardly women, there are altruistic women, there are…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-r-r-martin-2/i-believe-that-women-are-many-different-types-of-people-there-are/) [George R. R. Martin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-r-r-martin-2/) > [I know nothing and perhaps I never will,](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-r-r-martin-2/i-know-nothing-and-perhaps-i-never-will/) [George R. R. Martin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-r-r-martin-2/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/way/george-r-r-martin-2/#itemlist", "name": "13 Way Quotes By George R. R. 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