"A mind needs books as a sword needs……" — George R. R. Martin

"A mind needs books as a sword needs a whetstone, if it is to keep its edge."

— George R. R. Martin

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746 Quotes by George R. R. Martin

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The morning had dawned clear and cold, with a crispness that hinted at the end of summer.
She might have wept then, had not the sky begun to do it for her.
The best fantasy is written in the language of dreams. It is alive as dreams are alive, more real than…
I hate outlines. I have a broad sense of where the story is going; I know the end, I know…
I get up every day and work in the morning. I have my coffee and get to work. On good…
I don't like the strictly objective viewpoint [in which all of the characters' actions are described in the third person,…
In order to get inside their skin, I have to identify with them. That includes even the ones who are…
All fiction, if it's successful, is going to appeal to the emotions. Emotion is really what fiction is all about.…
I'm a strong believer in telling stories through a limited but very tight third person point of view. I have…
From where I sit, battles are hard. I've written my share. Sometimes I employ the private's viewpoint, very up close…
Ideas are cheap. I have more ideas now than I could ever write up. To my mind, it's the execution…
We're setting up mechanisms where we can kill human beings with drones and missiles where you're sitting at a console…

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Films and television and even comic books are churning out vast quantities of fictional narratives, and the public continues to… — Paul Auster
I'm not a comic book guy at all. — Darren Aronofsky
I don't believe in personal immortality; the only way I expect to have some version of such a thing is… — Isaac Asimov
I'd never heard of the 'Lord of the Rings', actually. So I went to the bookstore and there it was,… — Sean Astin
The question is, are we happy to suppose that our grandchildren may never be able to see an elephant except… — David Attenborough
I have a big following among the biogeeks of this world. Nobody ever puts them in books. — Margaret Atwood
Once you publish a book, it is out of your control. You cannot dictate how people read it. — Margaret Atwood
Writers and books are cheap dates, especially when you compare the cost of a book with a ticket to the… — Margaret Atwood
Our generation in the west was lucky: we had readymade gateways. We had books, paper, teachers, schools and libraries. But… — Margaret Atwood

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