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Some Quotes by George R. R. Martin
- All fiction, if it's successful, is going to appeal to the emotions. Emotion is really what fiction is all about. That's not to say fiction…
- My dreams are the usual incoherent nonsense. Like most writers, at some point in my career I thought, well, I have these great dreams but…
- I was a journalism major, and I would take creative writing classes as part of that, but I would also look for opportunities to write…
- A lot of fantasy names are too much. They’re too difficult to pronounce. I wanted the flavour of medieval England. I took actual names we…
- Sure. Some of the reviews have been very flattering, but the series is not finished yet. The end needs to be as strong as the…
- Sometimes I think some of my fellow novelists who have not worked in television and film are very naive about this process. They get an…
- An awful lot of fantasy, and even some great fantasy, falls into the mistake of assuming that a good man will be a good king,…
- I have some other novels I want to write. I have a lot of short stories - I love the short story.
- I've written some standalone novels, but a book series allows fans in. There's much more intense involvement.
- The cable makers are the ones who are willing to take risks and do something original and push the envelope some.
- There are some examples of medieval kings who were terrible human beings but were nevertheless good kings.
- 'Dreamsongs' allows me to show the scope of my writing - with personal commentary that puts the works in context and includes some autobiographical details…
- I had an encyclopedia with a list of flags in the back, so I would look at all these flags of China and Liberia and…
- I have done a lot of work in Hollywood myself. I worked in television for roughly 10 years, from the mid-'80s to mid-'90s. And I…
- You always try to do your own thing. One of the things I wanted to do was to write a book that combines some of…
- Some writers enjoy writing, I am told. Not me. I enjoy having written.
- My own heroes are the dreamers, those men and women who tried to make the world a better place than when they found it, whether…
- We were king’s men, knights, and heroes . . . but some knights are dark and full of terror, my lady. War makes monsters of…
- Some men want whores on the eve of battle, and some want gods. Jon wondered who felt better afterward.
- Robert was never the same after he put on that crown. Some men are like swords, made for fighting. Hang them up and they go…
- Everything's better with some wine in the belly.
- Some truths did not bear saying, and some lies were necessary.
- Some old wounds never truly heal, and bleed again at the slightest word.
- Some gave me soft words and some blunt, some made excuses, some promises, some only lied. In the end words are just wind.
- When you smell our candles burning, what does it make you think of, my child?" Winterfell, she might have said. I smell snow and smoke…
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- Why, I'd like nothing better than to achieve some bold adventure, worthy of our trip. — Aristophanes
- If liberty and equality, as is thought by some, are chiefly to be found in democracy, they will be best attained when… — Aristotle
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- Some choices we live not only once but a thousand times over, remembering them for the rest of our lives. — Richard Bach
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