People are like, 'What's Game of Thrones about?' I'm like, 'It's in the title.' For real, this is a game for the Iron Throne. No matter what character you are, you're sucked into that at some point.

People go down bad paths and they make bad decisions, but it's always justified in their head.

I once had someone say to me in an interview, 'You are more ugly on the screen than in real life.'

It's not like I've ever been the popular pretty girl at school or anything. I was always such a weirdo.

People really want to see what I'm up to, and that's crazy. It's a really lovely feeling. It's kind of scary, but a good scary. It's a lovely position to be in.

Whether I like it or not, I've become influential to people.

I'm a little bit awkward on Twitter; like, I'm never really sure what to say.

People don't always do what they say they're going to do.

You know sometimes when you're in a really bad mood and you're not sure why? That's how I get sometimes.

They’re always like, 'That’s not what happened in the books, so the show’s really bad now.' But really, they just feel insecure because they’re used to knowing what’s coming next.

I've never really done acting before, 'cause dancing was my first love. And then, I sort of fell into it from a talent competition and never really looked back.

A man always finds it hard to realize that he may have finally lost a woman's love, however badly he may have treated her.

It Begins with skepticism. The history of human folly, and our own susceptibility to illusions and fallacies, tell us that men and women are fallible.

You never turn away family, no matter how f***ed up they are.

Our fear of not mattering much has the potential to draw us away from what matters most.

People don't respond just because you are fighting for the truth. They take their interests into account.

I embrace my weirdness and the things I maybe didn't used to love about myself. Those are things that make me different.

The older I get the more I realize that a significant portion of a parent's happiness or sadness in middle-age will be directly impacted by how closely our children are walking with the Lord.

I got pregnant and turned 40 at the same time.

Once you have the psychedelic tool in hand then some real choices have to be made.

Like so many writers I started writing stories because I didn't have much time for anything else.