Most people were startled to find out there were books that preceded Game Of Thrones. I'm a case of working forty years to be an overnight success.

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.

I may not hate al of the people all the time, but I hate all of them some of the time, and I hate some of them all of the time.

There will always be someone, a friend, a relative, a co-worker even, just someone, who will be willing to try that bad thing with you. And they won’t judge you, so don’t worry about that.

Nothing is the whole story. The self’s curse – and the writer’s.

There was something delightfully intimate about the relationship between predator and prey.

Don’t lose yourself in the fog of normality.

Working off one genius sketch is not the way great architecture should be made.

The conservative movement is like a country club based in Washington, D.C.

We run fastest and farthest when we run from ourselves.

I think the Israelis are beginning to realize more that they are moving toward a one-state solution, which would be a catastrophe for Israel.

Passion is the quickest to develop, and the quickest to fade. Intimacy develops more slowly, and commitment more gradually still.