844 Quotes by George R. R. Martin

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.

If ice can burn, then love and hate can mate.

Remember, whatever the price...I'll beat it! I like living! Tyrion Lannister

I work for two years on a book and it comes out and two days later I've got my first e-mail: When is the next one coming out?

There are worse ways to die than warm and drunk.

A reader lives a thousand lives before he dies, said Jojen. The man who never reads lives only one.

I need to sleep, but fear to dream.

You know nothing, Jon Snow

This is the bravo’s dance, the water dance, swift and sudden. All men are made of water, do you know this? When you pierce them, the water leaks out and they die.