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
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
If you're going to write about war, which my books are about, wars are nasty things. I think it's sort of a… — George R. R. Martin Copy Share Image
It's like these ideas, these characters, kind of bubble up inside me, and one day they're not there, and the next day… — George R. R. Martin Copy Share Image
I write from this tight third-person viewpoint, where each chapter is seen through the eyes of one individual character. When I'm writing… — 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
There are writers, and I know some of them, who are very disciplined. Who write, like, four pages a day, every day.… — 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