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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.

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George R. R. Martin
Age: 76
Born: 1948
Born: September 20
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Woman? Is that meant to insult me? I would return the slap, if I took you for a man. - Daenerys Targaryen
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