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You always try to do your own thing. One of the things I wanted to do was to write a book that combines some of the best traits of contemporary fantasy with some of the traits of the historical novel.

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George R. R. Martin
Age: 76
Born: 1948
Born: September 20
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They are children, Sansa thought. They are silly little girls, even Elinor. They’ve never seen a battle, they’ve never seen a man die, they know nothing. Their dreams were full of songs and stories, the way hers had been before Joffrey cut her fathers head off. Sansa pitied them. Sansa envied them.
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Always keep your foes confused. If they are never certain who you are or what you want, they cannot know what you are like to do next.
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a man who hates music can’t be trusted, I always say.
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I am surrounded by flatterers and fools. It can drive a man to madness,.. . Half of them don’t dare tell me the truth, and the other half can’t find it.
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People often claim to hunger for truth, but seldom like the taste when it's served up.
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Jon: Have you seen the wall? | Sam: I'm fat, not blind.
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One of the big breakthroughs, I think for me, was reading Robert A. Heinlein's four rules of writing, one of which was, 'You must finish what you write.' I never had any problem with the first one, 'You must write' - I was writing since I was a kid. But I never finished what writing.
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You look different now. Like a proper little girl, (said Gendry.) I look like an oak tree, with all these stupid acorns, (said Arya.) Nice, though. A nice oak tree. [...] You even smell nice for a change.
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A thousand deaths would still be less than he deserves.
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I suppose I'm a lapsed Catholic. You would consider me an atheist or agnostic.
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I do play all the characters, when I write them, one after another. If they actually had to film me, the only one I could play would be Samwell Tarly or Hot Pie.
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Gods and wonders always appear, to attend the birth of kings.
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I like grey characters fantasy for too long has been focused on very stereotypical heroes and villains.
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