I've been very lucky. There were times when I was afraid I would never sell another book, but I never doubted I'd write another book.

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.

A kiss is a moment of quantum leaps, a moment of shared joy, and a moment of bliss.

Art imitates life, but science fiction informs us about what form it will take.

... When Princes devote themselves rather to pleasure than to arms, they lose their dominions.

What makes you so lavish that you can afford to spend every sober moment feeling angry and bored?

I am not myself in any degree ashamed of having changed my opinions.

Do something: You can always correct something but you can never correct nothing.

The much greater crimes of the Soviet Gulags occurred over decades and cost millions of lives.

It's no one's fault to be born ugly, but, honestly, must it be worn as a symbol of pride?

One of the things that novels have tended not to concentrate on over the centuries is the fact that people read books.

The TV show. Any time you're playing, this is the gift, you get to play someone else. You get to be someone who you're not.