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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.
George R. R. Martin
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George R. R. Martin
Age: 76
Born: 1948
Born: September 20
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As a writer, my goal, (which I'm never going to achieve, and I know that, and no writer can achieve that,) but my goal is to make you almost live the books. I want you to fall through that page and feel as if these things are happening to you.
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Mothers. The man made a word sound like a curse. I think birthing does something to your minds. You are all mad.
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My old grandmother always used to say, Summer friends will melt away like summer snows, but winter friends are friends forever.
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History is a wheel, for the nature of man is fundamentally unchanging. What has happened before will perforce happen again.
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I love fantasy. I grew up reading fantasy. But, I wanted to put a somewhat different spin on it. The whole trope of absolute good versus absolute evil, which was wonderful in the hands of J.R. Tolkien, became cliche and rote in the hands of the many Tolkien imitators that followed.
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A cold wind was blowing from the north, and it made the trees rustle like living things.
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Gods be good, why would any man ever want to be king? When everyone was shouting King in the North, King in the North, I told myself ... swore to myself ... that I would be a good king, as honorable as Father, strong, just, loyal to my friends and brave when I faced my enemies ... now I can't even tell one from the other.
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Yes - 90% of fantasy is crap. And so is 90% of science fiction and 90% of mystery fiction and 90% of literary fiction.
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If he must be alone, he would make solitude his armor.
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If the day comes when you would find me again, give that coin to any man from Braavos, and say these words to him--valar morghulis.
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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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The sea is never weary. I must be as tireless.
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This is the bravo’s dance, the water dance, swift and sudden. All men are made of water, do you know this? When you pierce them, the water leaks out and they die.
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