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Firsts Quotes by George R. R. Martin
- I'm a strong believer in telling stories through a limited but very tight third person point of view. I have used other techniques during my…
- 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…
- I had these cheap alien toys and I made up stories for them. They were space pirates. They didn’t have names so I made up…
- I work for two years on a book and it comes out and two days later I've got my first e-mail: When is the next…
- I was a novelist first. But in the mid-'80s, I did work in television for ten years. And yes, that was frequently the reaction to…
- One of the big breakthroughs, I think for me, was reading Robert A. Heinlein's four rules of writing, one of which was, 'You must finish…
- Every man must die, Jon Snow. But first he must live.
- Weese," she would whisper, first of all. "Dunsen, Chiswyck, Polliver, Raff the Sweetling. The Tickler and the Hound. Ser Gregor, Ser Armory, Ser Ilyn, Ser…
- These old knights are more cunning than you think, or they would never have lived to see their first grey hair.
- You're mine," she whispered. "Mine, as I'm yours. And if we die, we die. All men must die, Jon Snow. But first, we'll live.
- Swords have been my life, not books. But every child knows that the Targaryens have always danced too close to madness. Your father was not…
- but the real enemy is the cold. It steals up on you quieter than Will, and at first you shiver and your teeth chatter and…
- First rule, stick them with the pointy end!
- As Daenerys Targaryen rose to her feet, her black hissed, pale smoke venting from its mouth and nostrils. The other two pulled away from her…
- And for the first time in hundreds of years, the night came alive with the music of dragons.
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