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
men battle want
Some men want whores on the eve of battle, and some want gods. Jon wondered who felt better afterward.
ravens battle quills
Some battles are won with swords and spears, others with quills and ravens.
song kings battle
The singers make much of kings who die valiantly in battle, but your life is worth more than a song.
battle arms weapons
Knowledge is a Weapon, Jon. Arm yourself well before you ride forth to Battle.
horse fall battle
One of your northmen hit me with a morningstar during the battle on the Green Fork. I escaped him by falling off my horse. (Tyrion)
fighting snow battle
We will fight a battle, and then we will rest. Alive or dead, we'll rest." - Jon Snow
children battle different
Children are a battle of a different sort. ... A battle without banners or warhorns but no less fierce.
war men battle
Every man should lose a battle in his youth, so he does not lose a war when he is old.
real evil battle
In real life, the hardest aspect of the battle between good and evil is determining which is which.
men battle dozen
Explain to me why it is more noble to kill ten thousand men in battle than a dozen at dinner.
four gotta grew missed next send until
I grew up with four T.V. channels. If you missed a show, you missed it. You gotta wait a week for the next one. I'd mail-order books: take a quarter, get an envelope, send off for it and wait until it arrived. I grew up waiting for things.
book sleep healing
Sleep is good, he said, And books are better.
hate book writing
I hate outlines. I have a broad sense of where the story is going; I know the end, I know the end of the principal characters, and I know the major turning points and events from the books, the climaxes for each book, but I don't necessarily know each twist and turn along the way. That's something I discover in the course of writing and that's what makes writing enjoyable. I think if I outlined comprehensively and stuck to the outline the actual writing would be boring.
changing days few harder looking switch voices ways whenever
Whenever I switch from one character to another, there's always a few days where I really struggle because I'm changing voices and I'm changing ways of looking at the world. I'm not just flicking a switch; it's harder process than that.