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Thinking Quotes by George R. R. Martin
- I hate outlines. I have a broad sense of where the story is going; I know the end, I know the end of the principal…
- I don't like the strictly objective viewpoint [in which all of the characters' actions are described in the third person, but we never hear what…
- 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…
- I always felt like Gandalf should have stayed dead. That was such an incredible sequence in Fellowship of the Ring when he faces the Balrog…
- Life is very full of sex, or should be. As much as I admire Tolkien - and I do, he was a giant of fantasy…
- We read fantasy to find the colors again, I think. To taste strong spices and hear the songs the sirens sang.
- My biggest dream was to ruin the lives of my readers and crush their souls... And I really think that worked out pretty well for…
- 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…
- 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…
- I don't know if I have any particular views about women in positions of power, though I do think it's more difficult for women, particularly…
- In my 10 years that I spent out in TV and film, I had my shares of frustrations and annoyances and disappointments, but also I…
- 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…
- The heart lies and the head plays tricks on us, but the eyes see true. Look with your eyes. Hear with your ears. Taste with…
- Does he think to scare me? Arya kissed him where his nose should be and plucked the grave worm from his eye to eat it,…
- I am loyal to my beloved Joffrey. (Sansa) No doubt. As loyal as a deer surrounded by wolves. (Tyrion) Lions, she whispered without thinking.
- Ofttimes a very small man can cast a very large shadow. Tyrion smiled. Lord Varys, I am growing strangely fond of you. I may kill…
- These old knights are more cunning than you think, or they would never have lived to see their first grey hair.
- They'll kill for that knighthood, but don't ever think they'll die for it.
- I will hurt you for this. I don't know how yet, but give me time. A day will come when you think yourself safe and…
- And pray that he is the man I think he is, he finished silently, and not the man I fear he has become.
- Tyrion let the eunuch help him mount. "Lord Varys," he said from the saddle, "sometimes I feel as though you are the best friend I…
- I think life is a jape. Yours, mine, everyone's
- Nobody likes cravens,” he said uncomfortably. “I wish we hadn’t helped him. What if they think we’re craven too?” "You're too stupid to be craven,”…
- We look at mountains and call them eternal, and they seem... but in the course of time, mountains rise and fall, rivers change their courses,…
- Just where do you think you are going, Arya?' the septa demanded. Arya glared at her. 'I have to go shoe a horse,' she said…
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