As much as I love historical fiction, my problem with historical fiction is that you always know what's going to happen.

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.

The most effective way of destroying art is the canonization of one given form. And one philosophy.

The pondering heart is a thankful heart.

It is easy to let go of the string and think: This isn't me, it's the arrow. My hands do not bear the blood of this boy, it's the arrow that killed him, not me. But the arrow does not dream at night.

Strong convictions precede great actions.

I think we should support entrepreneurialship.

Pain is G-d's megaphone to wake up the world.

It was night, and the rain fell; and falling, it was rain, but, having fallen, it was blood.

You've developed the strength of a draft horse while holding onto the delicacy of a daffodil ... you are the mother, advocate and protector of a child with a disability.

I wanted us to have a friendly relationship [with Kanye West]. He promised to play the song for me, but he never did.

I think the eyeball is the same, [in] an American or African. The problem is the same, the treatment is the same. Yet why should there be so much variation in quality and in service?