And any man who must say 'I am king' is no true king at all.

When the sun has set, no candle can replace it.

The brightest flame casts the darkest shadow.

When you tear out a man's tongue, you are not proving him a liar, you're only telling the world that you fear what he might say.

A Lannister always pays his debts.

There are no men like me. There's only me

For the night is dark and full of terrors.

A cold wind was blowing from the north, and it made the trees rustle like living things.

The true horrors of human history derive not from orcs and Dark Lords, but from ourselves.

The Lord of Winterfell would always be a Stark

The only time a man can be brave is when he is afraid.

At the end when you reach the destination, you will realize all that matters was the journey.

Hep is a very dangerous disease that can cause a number of permanent conditions, including death, which is extremely permanent.

Of all the things I am not very good at, living in the real world is perhaps the most outstanding.

You practice with wet balls all the time.

Only remember west of the Mississippi it's a little more look, see, act. A little less rationalize, comment, talk.

We've done this before in other worlds, in other lives. It is our strength, law, medicine, entertainment, and computers, the networking of energy. All of these are arts.

The only valid cure for any kind of depression is the acceptance of real suffering. To climb out of it any other way is simply laying the foundation for the next depression.

If we pretend to respect the artist at all we must allow him his freedom of choice , in the face, in particular cases, of innumerable presumptions that the choice will not fructify.

You cannot be happy with your family while being personally unhappy with your work. It's a Catch-22 kind of thing.

I'm in constant inner dialogue with my father still.