Everyone who isn't us is an enemy." - Cersei

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

Different roads sometimes lead to the same castle.

Never forget what you are, for surely the world will not. Make it your strength. Then it can never be your weakness. Armour yourself in it, and it will never be used to hurt you.

Fear cuts deeper than swords.

Some old wounds never truly heal, and bleed again at the slightest word.

The man who fears losing has already lost.

Summer is the time for squabbles. In winter, we must protect one another, keep each other warm, share our strengths.

I swear to you, sitting a throne is a thousand times harder than winning one.

A bruise is a lesson... and each lesson makes us better.

Laughter is poison to fear.

History is replete with examples of tech firms that were marginalized by new companies and technologies.

In regard to the amount of difference between the races, we must make some allowance for our nice powers of discrimination gained by a long habit of observing ourselves.

My job is to be a blank canvas & embody the characters that I'm playing.

The closed door and the sealed lips are prerequisites to tyranny.

I was going to save the world, and I thought I would start with the African continent.

I think a loaded weapon aboard an airplane, whether its in the cargo section or in your overhead baggage, is a security issue.

I realized the structure in a collection is how they're put together. Structuring the collection became the art of it for me. Because the stories had all been written.

I went to business school but left after four months because I just didn't want to be a puppet of society, stuck in an office, craving some sunlight.

The single most important factor in determining America's success in the 21st century will be maintaining our ability to be an innovative and creative society.

A writer doesn't really have much of a function on a movie set.