I do play all the characters, when I write them, one after another. If they actually had to film me, the only one I could play would be Samwell Tarly or Hot Pie.

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.

It is easy to tie someone with love, but it takes a lifetime to untie the knot of love.

Getting money is not all a man's business: to cultivate kindness is a valuable part of the business of life.

When you are a photographer, you work all the time, because your eye is the first camera.

Mix and knead together all the state business as you do for your sausages. To win the people, always cook them some savory that pleases them.

Any relationship between a building and its users is one of violence, for any use means the intrusion of a human body into a given space, the intrusion of one order into another.

Self-esteem is something you have to earn! The only way to achieve self-esteem is to work hard. People have an obligation to live up to their potential.

Republics, one after another . . . have perished from a want of intelligence and virtue in the masses of the people. . . .

If I were to be back on Glee, I would like to spend some time with Lea Michele because I love her and we go way back.

When will the state of the country be sound?... When its people believe that the end result of cowardice is more disastrous than that of behaving with integrity.

I mean, nobody's ever thrown a big rock at me or my friends, but we're all pretty tough guys and could probably handle it.