It's different for every writer. It's not a career for anyone who needs security. It's a career for gamblers. It's a career of ups and downs.

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 leaf has no power to resist when the wind blows, but when life’s storms rage, you do.

You must be a servant if you want to be great in life

The secret of life is to have no fear it's the only way to function.

Biographical data, even those recorded in the public registers, are the most private things one has, and to declare them openly is rather like facing a psychoanalyst.

I think you lose your innocence when you have kids, because the world suddenly becomes a much more dangerous place.

I'd like to put across the notion that bad taste is actually good for you.

I think another thing is that we don't really want exclusivity. We accept that it is in the artist's interest to be on sale in every place where they sell music.

Nothing can be preserved that is not good.

Build and they will come’ is not a strategy, it’s a prayer.