The whole mythology of Westeros begins with the struggle between the Children of the Forest and different warring factions before the first men arrive.

You can certainly shorten things and tighten things, we tightened up Jon's walk to Mance Rayder's tent. That was something that got tightened up a little bit because I had shot the hell out of that.

When you finish writing the scripts they have time to take a breath and think about everything. There's just a little more time to think. Network does not allow for that.

When I type a title page, I hold it and I look at it and I think, I just need four thousand sentences to go with this and I’ll have a book.

The only thing I want more than you, is to do right by you.

Four laughs vibrate in harmony, WarmDeliciousReal.

Kissing the frog to get the prince is a waste of a perfectly good frog.

Women writers of all people should know better than to pigeonhole women, put them in little groups, the smart one, the sweet one.

No matter how naturally gifted you are, it's your passion that's going to make you better and maybe touch some people.

In our totality we are born of the Earth. Our spirituality itself is earth-derived... If there is no spirituality in the earth, then there is no spirituality in ourselves

There is no kingdom like the forests.

There are lots of actors who are awful people, but nobody talks about them being awful because they've made billions.

To me, bitterness is the under-arm odor of wishful weakness. It is the graceless acknowledgment of defeat.