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Historical fiction is not history. You're blending real events and actual historical personages with characters of your own creation.

George R. R. Martin

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George R. R. Martin
Age: 76
Born: 1948
Born: September 20
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He did not know which was more painful, the waking or the sleeping. When he slept, he dreamed: dark disturbing dreams of blood and broken promises. When he woke, there was nothing to do but think, and his waking thoughts were worse than nightmares.
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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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We're all the heroes of our own stories. So, when I am inside the head of a character who would otherwise be considered a villain, I have a great deal of affection for that character and I'm trying to see the world and the events through their eyes.
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When you tear out a man's tongue, you are not proving him a liar, you're only telling the world that you fear what he might say.
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This world is twisted beyond hope, when lowborn smugglers must vouch for the honor of kings.
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But Tolkien doesn't ask the question: What was Aragorn's tax policy?
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You know nothing, Jon Snow
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Catelyn wanted to run to him, to kiss his sweet brow, to wrap him in her arms so tightly that he would never come to harm.
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The ones who look the most suspicious are likely innocent. It's the ones who look innocent I need to beware.
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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 think my very earliest stories were all intellectual exercises and I was writing from experiences I had never had about characters who were about an inch deep.
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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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But a voice inside her whispered, There are no heroes, and she remembered what Lord Petyr had said to her, here in this very hall. 'Life is not a song, sweetling,' he'd told her, 'You may learn that one day to your sorrow.' In life, the monsters win, she told herself.
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a man who hates music can’t be trusted, I always say.
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The Lord of Light in his wisdom made us male and female, two parts of a greater whole. In our joining there is power. Power to make life. Power to make light. Power to cast shadows.
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We only make peace with our enemies. That's why it's called making peace.
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'Rome' was one of my favourite shows, and I wish HBO had given it three more seasons 'cause I would have loved to continue watching it.
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I just need to rest, that’s all, to rest and sleep some, and maybe die a little.
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