George R.R. Martin Quotes

Sometimes he could almost forget that it was there, the way you forget about the sky or the earth underfoot, but there were other times when it seemed as if there was nothing else in the world.

Those are brave men," he told Ser Balon in admiration. "Let's go kill them.

I never wanted to see half the things I've seen, and I've never seen half the things I wanted to. I don't think wanting comes into it. You'd best go all the same.

Nothing. My father is very good at doing nothing. He calls it thinking.

A dead enemy is a joy forever

I am doing the right thing, he told himself, so why do I feel so bad?

She was no stranger to waiting, after all. Her man had always made her wait.

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 morghulis.

The man is as useless as nipples on a breastplate.

The great thing about reading is that it broadens your life

Minds are like swords, I do fear. The old ones go to rust.

I've been many kinds of writers in my career: novelist; tele-playwright; short story writer. As a high-school student, I wrote amateur pieces for fanzines, and I've written for Hollywood.

Kill me, and be cursed. You are no king of mine.

I just need to rest, that’s all, to rest and sleep some, and maybe die a little.

Any act can be a prayer, if done as well as we are able.

I think life is a jape. Yours, mine, everyone's

Why do our dreams become so much smaller when they finally come true?

Kind? How boring that would be. I aspire to be wicked.

And the mystery knight should defeat all challengers and name the wolf maid the queen of love and beauty.

I've written some standalone novels, but a book series allows fans in. There's much more intense involvement.

Why ask for truth," Ser Barristan said softly, "if you close your ears to it?

Of course it’s not enough to be a good man to be an effective ruler and it never has been.

Choosing... it has always hurt. And always will. I know.

The morning air was dark with the smoke of burning gods.

A sweet face oft hides a sinner's heart.

Truly, sister, you were born to be a widow. (Tyrion to Cersei)

I am loyal to my beloved Joffrey. (Sansa) No doubt. As loyal as a deer surrounded by wolves. (Tyrion) Lions, she whispered without thinking.

They hate you because you act like you're better than they are

If we leave our smells behind us when we leave a room, surely something of our souls must remain when we leave this life?" - Qyburn

Will you make a song for him?' the woman asked. 'He has a song,' the man replied. 'He is the prince that was promised, and his is the song of ice and fire.

There is magic in my universe, but it's pretty low magic compared to other fantasies.

The air smelled of paper and dust and years.

If you die before you say her name, ser, I will hunt you through all seven hells.

Better to mock the game than to play and lose.

She had never loved him so much as she did in that instant.

It is better to be seen as cruel than foolish.

Men see what they expect to see.

Jon: Have you seen the wall? | Sam: I'm fat, not blind.

The most important thing for any aspiring writer, is to read! And not just the sort of thing you're trying to write, be that fantasy, SF, comic books, whatever. You need to read everything.

We only make peace with our enemies. That's why it's called making peace.

Eat your heart out, Rowling. Maybe you have billions of dollars and my Hugo, but you don't have readers like these.

The choice is yours, brother. Live a thrall or die a king. Do you dare to fly? Unless you take the leap, you’ll never know." - Euron Greyjoy

Jon lied ... loudly, as if that could make it true.

Sleep is a little death, dreams the whisperings of the Other, who would drag us all into his eternal night.

Catelyn wanted to run to him, to kiss his sweet brow, to wrap him in her arms so tightly that he would never come to harm.

It had been more of a wish, actually, but it sounded better to call it a dream.

I knew a man once who told me that I smiled at the wrong things." "Do you? "Only by the light of those who smile at nothing.

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 beginning.

You are grown so very great now, yet the higher a man climbs the farther he has to fall.

Kings are falling like leaves this autumn.