844 Quotes by George R. R. Martin

People often claim to hunger for truth, but seldom like the taste when it's served up.

You know I've always considered women to be people.

She went to the window seat and sat there, sniffling, hating them all, and herself most of all. It was all her fault, everything bad that had happened.

You would consider me an atheist or agnostic. I find religion and spirituality fascinating. I would like to believe this isn’t the end and there’s something more, but I can’t convince the rational part of me that that makes any sense whatsoever.

I love fantasy. I grew up reading fantasy. But, I wanted to put a somewhat different spin on it. The whole trope of absolute good versus absolute evil, which was wonderful in the hands of J.R. Tolkien, became cliche and rote in the hands of the many Tolkien imitators that followed.

A man could not always be where he belonged, though.

Ideas are cheap. I have more ideas now than I could ever write up. To my mind, it's the execution that is all-important.

He pushed away from her and raised his arm, forcing his stump into her face. "A Hand without a hand? A bad jape, sister. Don't ask me to rule.

He was no dragon, Dany thought, curiously calm. Fire cannot kill a dragon