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I've always preferred writing about grey characters and human characters. Whether they are giants or elves or dwarves, or whatever they are, they're still human, and the human heart is still in conflict with the self.
George R. R. Martin
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George R. R. Martin
Age: 76
Born: 1948
Born: September 20
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