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With a book I am the writer and I am also the director and I'm all of the actors and I'm the special effects guy and the lighting technician: I'm all of that. So if it's good or bad, it's all up to me.

George R. R. Martin

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George R. R. Martin
Age: 76
Born: 1948
Born: September 20
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