I've said in many interviews that I like my fiction to be unpredictable. I like there to be considerable suspense.

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.

To feel completely alone and isolated leads to mental disintegration just as physical starvation leads to death.

A couple of words is all it'll take to make everything in my life Before and After.

The main problem with pacifism is that it doesn’t work in all situations. The main problem with pacifists is that they’re convinced it does.

The Japanese drive on the left side of the road. Most streets literally do not have names.

Never sit at a table you can’t walk away from.

Pilates is amazing, my posture is so much better and I'm even starting to get muscles on my tummy - it's incredible.

It will be one of the tragedies of Christian history if future historians record that at the height of the twentieth century the church was one of the greatest bulwarks of white supremacy.

If we were doomed to live forever, we would scarcely be aware of the beauty around us.

The search for truth is really a lot of good fun.