844 Quotes by George R. R. Martin

I have touched more men that I can count. Some with my lips, more with my axe.

I thank you for calling them off, young ser. I promise you, they would have found me indigestible.

I was a novelist first. But in the mid-'80s, I did work in television for ten years. And yes, that was frequently the reaction to my scripts. People would say, 'You know, George, this is great. We love it, a terrific script, but it would cost five times our budget to shoot this.'

He wished he could relieve himself of his doubts and guilts half as easily.

The unseen enemy is always the most fearsome.

Viserys sold my mother's crown, and men called him a beggar. I shall keep this one, so men will call me a queen. (Daenerys)

The ones who look the most suspicious are likely innocent. It's the ones who look innocent I need to beware.

He had found over the years that silence sometimes yielded more than questions. And so it was this time.

The Beauty raised her eyes, the only part of her that was truly beautiful.