844 Quotes by George R. R. Martin

You can have the power to destroy, but it doesn't give you the power to reform, or improve, or build.

If the novels are still being read in 50 years, no one is ever going to say: 'What's great about that sixth book is that he met his deadline!' It will be about how the whole thing stands up.

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...

I do know what’s been useless to me is the online fantasy name generators. I’ve tried those a few times, and they say, ‘Just hit this button and we’ll generate 50 fantasy names,’ and they all turn out to be ‘Grisknuckle’.

Woman?” She chuckled. “Is that meant to insult me? I would return the slap, if I took you for a man.” Dany met his stare. “I am Daenerys Stormborn of House Targaryen, the Unburnt, Mother of Dragons, khaleesi to Drogo’s riders, and queen of the Seven Kingdoms of Westeros.

The intelligent and efficient politician is a species virtually unknown in the galaxy. Perhaps I might secure a scraping [for my] cell library.

Better to mock the game than to play and lose.

I tend to write one character at a time. But I don't write the entirety of one character at a time.

I rose too high, loved too hard, dared too much. I tried to grasp a star, overreached, and fell.