Perhaps that is the secret. It is not what we do, so much as why we do it. George R. R. Martin More Quotes by George R. R. Martin More Quotes From George R. R. Martin It's different for every writer. It's not a career for anyone who needs security. It's a career for gamblers. It's a career of ups and downs. George R. R. Martin careersdifferentneeds A great many of the epic fantasies, from The Lord of the Rings onward, are about war, but to my mind, a lot of it doesn't really deal honestly with the consequences of war, what war does to us, as a society, what war does to us, as individuals, and the struggle for power, in the same way, and what we're fighting for. George R. R. Martin fightingstrugglewar My featherbed is deep and soft, and there I’ll lay you down, I’ll dress you all in yellow silk and on your head a crown. For you shall be my lady love, and I shall be your lord. I’ll always keep you warm and safe, and guard you with my sword. And how she smiled and how she laughed, the maiden of the tree. She spun away and said to him, no featherbed for me. I’ll wear a gown of golden leaves, and bind my hair with grass, But you can be my forest love, and me your forest lass. George R. R. Martin hairyellowtree Lords are gold and knights steel, but two links can't make a chain. You also need silver and iron and lead, tin and copper and bronze and all the rest, and those are farmers and smiths and merchants and the like. A chain needs all sorts of metals, and a land needs all sorts of people. George R. R. Martin knightslandtwo They'll kill for that knighthood, but don't ever think they'll die for it. George R. R. Martin knighthooddiesthinking We all dream of things we cannot have. George R. R. Martin dream 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 playwritingcharacter There’s an old writing rule that says ‘Don’t have two character names start with the same letter’, but I knew at the beginning that I was going to have more than 26 characters, so I was in trouble there. Ultimately it comes down to what sounds right. And I struggle with that, finding the right name for a character. If I can’t find the right name I don’t know who the character is and I can’t proceed. George R. R. Martin strugglewritingcharacter I have climbed these steps so often I know each one by name. George R. R. Martin namesknowssteps And pray that he is the man I think he is, he finished silently, and not the man I fear he has become. George R. R. Martin prayingmenthinking Men are mad and gods are madder, she told the grass, and the grass murmured its agreement. George R. R. Martin madagreementmen I feel satisfaction at the end of the day when I've written a scene that I really like or when I write a good line of dialogue that I read out to my wife or something like that. But there's also days where it's just bloody agony and I go, 'ugh, this is such crap! Why did I think I had any talent? George R. R. Martin agonywritingthinking Robb: Uncle Benjen said to send you to the stables if I saw you. Jon: I have one more farewell to make. Robb: Then I haven't seen you. George R. R. Martin sawsunclesfarewell I had these cheap alien toys and I made up stories for them. They were space pirates. They didn’t have names so I made up names. These were the first stories I wrote. Even as a little kid I was thinking about torture. George R. R. Martin made-up-storieskidsthinking And I tell you truly, Danaerys, there is no man in all the world who will ever be half so true to you as me. George R. R. Martin halfmenworld I bet this is a brothel," she whispered to Gendry. "You don't even know what a brothel is." "I do so," she insisted. "It's like an inn, with girls. George R. R. Martin brothelsinnsgirl She walked fast, to keep ahead of her fear. George R. R. Martin It was that white cloak that soiled me, not the other way around. George R. R. Martin jaime-lannisterwhiteway Remember this, boy. All dwarfs may be bastards, yet not all bastards need be dwarfs." And with that he turned and sauntered back into the feast, whistling a tune. When he opened the door, the light from within threw his shadow clear across the yard, and for just a moment Tyrion Lannister stood tall as a king. George R. R. Martin lightkingsboys You must put these dreams aside, they will only break your heart. George R. R. Martin breakdreamheart
