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You are the blood of the dragon. You can make a hat.

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George R. R. Martin
Age: 76
Born: 1948
Born: September 20
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How I have yearned for the sound of your sweet voice,” Tyrion sighed to her. “How I have yearned to have that eunuch’s tongue pulled out with hot pincers,” Cersei replied.
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The most important thing for any aspiring writer, is to read! And not just the sort of thing you're trying to write, be that fantasy, SF, comic books, whatever. You need to read everything.
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Men are mad and gods are madder, she told the grass, and the grass murmured its agreement.
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Love is the bane of honor, the death of duty.
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I never wanted to see half the things I've seen, and I've never seen half the things I wanted to. I don't think wanting comes into it. You'd best go all the same.
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The brightest flame casts the darkest shadow.
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Control your generosity when dealing with a chronic borrower.
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I prefer my history dead. Dead history is writ in ink, the living sort in blood.
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I was a novelist first. But in the mid 80s, I did work in television for ten years. And yes, that was frequently the reaction to my scripts. People would say, you know, George, this is great. We love it, a terrific script, but it would cost five times our budget to shoot this.
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I work for two years on a book and it comes out and two days later I've got my first e-mail: When is the next one coming out?
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The women are the strong ones, truly.
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A Lannister always pays his debts.
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Men will always underestimate you, he said, and their pride will make them want to vanquish you quickly, lest it be said that a woman tried them sorely. Let them spend their strength in furious attacks, whilst you conserve your own. Wait and watch, girl, wait and watch.
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The Iron Throne is mine by rights. All those who deny that are my foes. The whole of the realm denies it, brother, said Renley. Old men deny it with their death rattle, and unborn children deny it in their mothers' wombs. They deny it in Dorne and they deny it on the Wall. No one wants you for their king. Sorry.
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