George R. R. Martin
George R. R. Martin
George Raymond Richard Martin, often referred to as GRRM, is an American novelist and short-story writer in the fantasy, horror, and science fiction genres, a screenwriter, and television producer. He is best known for his international bestselling series of epic fantasy novels, A Song of Ice and Fire, which was later adapted into the HBO dramatic series Game of Thrones...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionAuthor
Date of Birth20 September 1948
CountryUnited States of America
heartbreak betrayal soul
Shattered legs may heal in time, but some betrayals fester and poison the soul.
fighting cold
Nothing burns like the cold. But only for a while. Then it gets inside you and starts to fill you up, and after a while you don't have the strength to fight it.
fear men losing
The man who fears losing has already lost.
memories men sea
Men live their lives trapped in an eternal present, between the mists of memory and the sea of shadow that is all we know of the days to come.
happy-endings distrust conventional
I have an instinctual distrust of conventional happy endings.
writing impact advice
The best writing advice I had was [in] ‘Heinlein’s Rules for Writers’ by (American science fiction author) Robert A. Heinlein. His first rule is that you must write, and I was already doing that, but his second rule is, ‘You must finish what you write,’ and that had a big impact on me.
hero character long
I like grey characters; fantasy for too long has been focused on very stereotypical heroes and villains.
needs
We all need to be mocked from time to time, lest we take ourselves too seriously.
war men hands
There is a savage beast in every man, and when you hand that man a sword or spear and send him forth to war, the beast stirs.
hate ice mates
If ice can burn, then love and hate can mate.
inspirational funny motivational
A reader lives a thousand lives before he dies, said Jojen. The man who never reads lives only one.
sister heart moon
You may be as different as the sun and the moon, but the same blood flows through both your hearts. You need her, as she needs you...
stars rose too-much
I rose too high, loved too hard, dared too much. I tried to grasp a star, overreached, and fell.
made wells
You were made to be kissed, often and well.