If you need help bark like a dog." - Gendry. "That's stupid. If I need help I'll shout help." - Arya George R. R. Martin More Quotes by George R. R. Martin More Quotes From George R. R. Martin Much as I admire Tolkien, I once again always felt like Gandalf should have stayed dead. That was such an incredible sequence in Fellowship of the Ring when he faces the Balrog on the Khazad-dûm and he falls into the gulf, and his last words are, "Fly, you fools." What power that had, how that grabbed me. And then he comes back as Gandalf the White, and if anything he's sort of improved. I never liked Gandalf the White as much as Gandalf the Grey, and I never liked him coming back. I think it would have been an even stronger story if Tolkien had left him dead. George R. R. Martin should-have fall thinking I want you to be afraid to turn the page (and to do that) you need to show right from the beginning that you're playing for keeps. George R. R. Martin novelists reading writing In the world as I have seen it, no man grows rich by kindness. George R. R. Martin kindness men world I get up every day and work in the morning. I have my coffee and get to work. On good days I look up and it's dark outside and the whole day has gone by and I don't know where it's gone. But there's bad days, too. Where I struggle and sweat and a half hour creeps by and I've written three words. And half a day creeps by and I've written a sentence and a half and then I quit for the day and play computer games. You know, sometimes you eat the bear and sometimes the bear eats you. [Laughs] George R. R. Martin coffee struggle morning She might have wept then, had not the sky begun to do it for her. George R. R. Martin rainy-day sky might The morning had dawned clear and cold, with a crispness that hinted at the end of summer. George R. R. Martin cold summer morning When a pirate grows rich enough, they make him a prince. George R. R. Martin rich pirate enough How do you fight someone if you can't hit them? George R. R. Martin fighting ifs As Daenerys Targaryen rose to her feet, her black hissed, pale smoke venting from its mouth and nostrils. The other two pulled away from her breasts and added their voices to the call, translucent wings unfolding and stirring the air, and for the first time in hundreds of years, the night came alive with the music of dragons. George R. R. Martin dragons air night I will take what is mine with fire and blood. George R. R. Martin daenerys fire blood She had never loved him so much as she did in that instant. George R. R. Martin instant Choosing... it has always hurt. And always will. I know. George R. R. Martin hurt knows They hate you because you act like you're better than they are George R. R. Martin hate-you like-you hate Go Ahead, call me all the names you want," Sansa said airily. "You won't dare when I'm married to Joffrey. You'll have to bow and call me Your Grace." She shrieked as Arya flung the orange across the table. It caught her in the middle of the forehead with a wet squish and plopped down into her lap. "You have juice on your face, Your Grace ," Arya said. George R. R. Martin orange grace names We only make peace with our enemies. That's why it's called making peace. George R. R. Martin making-peace enemy Control your generosity when dealing with a chronic borrower. George R. R. Martin your-generosity borrowers generosity You are grown so very great now, yet the higher a man climbs the farther he has to fall. George R. R. Martin higher men fall Make no mistake, dwarf. I fought for you, but I do not love you'' ''It was your blade I needed'' Tyrion said, ''not your love. George R. R. Martin dwarves mistake love-you I am the blood of the dragon. Do not presume to teach me lessons. George R. R. Martin dragons lessons blood When the sun rises in the west and sets in the east," she said sadly. "When the seas go dry and mountains blow in the wind like leaves. When my womb quickens again, and I bear a living child. Then you will return, my sun-and-stars, and not before." -Daenerys Targaryen George R. R. Martin stars blow children