I could have written a story about a well-adjusted family. Ned Stark comes down to King’s Landing and takes over and solves all their problems. Would that have been as exciting?

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.

Passion is the mother of every greatness.

The iron may not be hot early if you want to wait for it to get heated

...tell them that we have some good in us, too. And the only thing worth living for is the good. That’s why we’ve got to make sure we pass it on.

To be spirit led is better than been driven by guilt.

Each strikeout brings me closer to my next homerun.

The thing about TV is it's a meritocracy. I love that aspect of it - and I've had shows that have gone on the air and been canceled. I've seen the good and the bad of it.

In the mountains, the shortest way is from peak to peak: but for that you must have long legs

Heaven will be inherited by every man who has heaven in his soul.

Hour of nostalgia, hour of happiness, hour of solitude.

Because she was a princess she had a pegasus.