I think my very earliest stories were all intellectual exercises and I was writing from experiences I had never had about characters who were about an inch deep.

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.

Life is a deep and contemplative story stuck on repeat. love, loss, self-destruction, self-discovery

I fell into writing plays by accident. But the reason I write plays is that it's the only thing I'm any good at.

I was an adopted child of my grandparents, and I don’t know how I can ever express my gratitude for that because my parents would have been a mess.

Art pierces opaque subjectivity, the not seeing of conventional life, and discloses reality.

We are obliged to respect, defend and maintain the common bonds of union and fellowship that exist among all members of the human race.

Great change always comes down to the actions of a single person.

Steve Laury smokes playing octaves.

A cat, after being scolded, goes about its business. A dog slinks off into a corner and pretends to be doing a serious self-reappraisal.

The City that knows how.