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I have idea files of books that I want to write one of these days, stories I want to write one of these days, but I'll probably never get to them.

I have idea files of books that I want to write one of these days, stories I want to write one of these days, but I'll probably never get to them.

George R. R. Martin
Book, Writing, Ideas
"Personal Quotes/ Biography". www.imdb.com.

I can see a scene in my head, and when I try to get it down in words on paper, the words are clunky; the scene is not coming across right. So frustrating. And there are days where it keeps flowing. Open the floodgates, and there it is. Pages and pages coming. Where the hell does this all come from? I don't know.

George R. R. Martin
Trying, Paper, Pages
"Personal Quotes/ Biography". www.imdb.com.

I could have written a story about a well-adjusted family. Ned Stark comes down to King’s Landing and takes over and solves all their problems. Would that have been as exciting?

George R. R. Martin
Kings, Stories, Problem

The storms come and go, the waves crash overhead, the big fish eat the little fish, and I keep on paddling. (Varys)

George R. R. Martin
Big Fish, Storm, Paddling
George R. R. Martin (2012). “George R. R. Martin's A Game of Thrones 5-Book Boxed Set (Song of Ice and Fire Series): A Game of Thrones, A Clash of Kings, A Storm of Swords, A Feast for Crows, and and A Dance with Dragons”, p.808, Bantam

One of the things I love, and I'm a voracious reader as well as a writer, is books that surprise me, that are not predictable.

George R. R. Martin
Book, Things I Love, Surprise
"Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

My dreams are the usual incoherent nonsense. Like most writers, at some point in my career I thought, well, I have these great dreams but I always forget them in the morning so I’ll leave a pad on my bedside table so I can write it down, and then you have some incredible dream and you write it down and the next morning you wake up and you’ve written ‘purple socks’.

George R. R. Martin
Dream, Morning, Writing

Names are hard. I have a library of What to Name Your Baby books, and I’m always picking up new books, and books of baby names from other countries. I like cool-sounding names.

George R. R. Martin
Country, Baby, Book

I have some other novels I want to write. I have a lot of short stories - I love the short story.

George R. R. Martin
Writing, Stories, Want
"George RR Martin: Barbarians at the gate". Interview with Alison Flood, www.theguardian.com. April 13, 2011.

'Dreamsongs' allows me to show the scope of my writing - with personal commentary that puts the works in context and includes some autobiographical details intended to reveal how each piece came to be, what it represents, and how it has formed, or been informed by, my philosophy of writing.

George R. R. Martin
Philosophy, Writing, Details
"Personal Quotes/ Biography". www.imdb.com.

I worked out of Hollywood for 10 years and I had my heart broken half a dozen times, so I know all the things that can go wrong.

George R. R. Martin
Heart, Years, Broken
"Personal Quotes/ Biography". www.imdb.com.

Go Ahead, call me all the names you want," Sansa said airily. "You won't dare when I'm married to Joffrey. You'll have to bow and call me Your Grace." She shrieked as Arya flung the orange across the table. It caught her in the middle of the forehead with a wet squish and plopped down into her lap. "You have juice on your face, Your Grace ," Arya said.

George R. R. Martin
Names, Orange, Grace
George R. R. Martin (2012). “George R. R. Martin's A Game of Thrones 5-Book Boxed Set (Song of Ice and Fire Series): A Game of Thrones, A Clash of Kings, A Storm of Swords, A Feast for Crows, and and A Dance with Dragons”, p.402, Bantam

When a man was hurt you took him to the maester, but what could you do when your maester was hurt?

George R. R. Martin
Hurt, Men
George R. R. Martin (2011). “A Game of Thrones 4-Book Bundle: A Song of Ice and Fire Series: A Game of Thrones, A Clash of Kings, A Storm of Swords, and A Feast for Crows”, p.1528, Bantam

The great thing about reading is that it broadens your life

George R. R. Martin
Reading, Great Things

The maester smiled...Hush now, child, I'm much older than you. I can....die as I please.

George R. R. Martin
Children, Hush, Please
George R. R. Martin (2012). “George R. R. Martin's A Game of Thrones 5-Book Boxed Set (Song of Ice and Fire Series): A Game of Thrones, A Clash of Kings, A Storm of Swords, A Feast for Crows, and and A Dance with Dragons”, p.1418, Bantam

The stone is strong. Bran told himself, the roots of the trees go deep, and under the ground the Kings of Winter sit their thrones. So long as those remained, Winterfell remained. It was not dead, just broken. Like me, he thought. I'm not dead either.

George R. R. Martin
Strong, Kings, Winter
George R. R. Martin (2011). “A Game of Thrones 4-Book Bundle: A Song of Ice and Fire Series: A Game of Thrones, A Clash of Kings, A Storm of Swords, and A Feast for Crows”, p.1530, Bantam

Death is so terribly final, while life is full of possibilities.

George R. R. Martin
Death, Finals, Thrones
George R. R. Martin (2003). “A Game of Thrones: A Song of Ice and Fire: Book One”, p.101, Bantam

I have a hole where my heart should be, she thought, and nowhere else to go.

George R. R. Martin
Heart, My Heart, Holes
George R. R. Martin (2005). “A Feast for Crows: A Song of Ice and Fire: Book Four”, p.318, Bantam

I will teach them what it means to put a lion in a cage, Cersei thought.

George R. R. Martin
Mean, Lions, Cages

For the night is dark and full of terrors.

George R. R. Martin
Dark, Night, Thrones
George R. R. Martin (2012). “George R. R. Martin's A Game of Thrones 5-Book Boxed Set (Song of Ice and Fire Series): A Game of Thrones, A Clash of Kings, A Storm of Swords, A Feast for Crows, and and A Dance with Dragons”, p.1746, Bantam

There are ghosts everywhere," Ser Jorah said softly. "We carry them with us wherever we go.

George R. R. Martin
Ghost, Said
George R. R. Martin (2012). “George R. R. Martin's A Game of Thrones 5-Book Boxed Set (Song of Ice and Fire Series): A Game of Thrones, A Clash of Kings, A Storm of Swords, A Feast for Crows, and and A Dance with Dragons”, p.856, Bantam

Tears, she said scornfully to Sansa as the woman was led from the hall. The woman's weapon, my lady mother used to call them. The man's weapon is a sword. And that tells us all you need to know, doesn't it?

George R. R. Martin
Mother, Men, Tears
George R. R. Martin (2011). “A Game of Thrones 4-Book Bundle: A Song of Ice and Fire Series: A Game of Thrones, A Clash of Kings, A Storm of Swords, and A Feast for Crows”, p.1431, Bantam

His chains chinked softly. I seldom fling children from towers to improve their health. Yes, I meant for him to die.

George R. R. Martin
Children, Towers, Chains
George R. R. Martin (2012). “George R. R. Martin's A Game of Thrones 5-Book Boxed Set (Song of Ice and Fire Series): A Game of Thrones, A Clash of Kings, A Storm of Swords, A Feast for Crows, and and A Dance with Dragons”, p.1291, Bantam

Ser Jaime?" Even in soiled pink satin and torn lace, Brienne looked more like a man in a gown than a proper woman."I am grateful, but...you were well away. Why come back?" A dozen quips came to mind, each crueler than the one before, but Jaime only shrugged. "I dreamed of you," he said.

George R. R. Martin
Grateful, Men, Mind
George R. R. Martin (2003). “A Storm of Swords: A Song of Ice and Fire: Book Three”, p.631, Bantam

Robert was the true steel. Stannis is pure iron, black and hard and strong, yes, but brittle, the way iron gets. He'll break before he bends. And Renly, that one, he's copper, bright and shiny, pretty to look at but not worth all that much at the end of the day.

George R. R. Martin
Strong, Iron, Black
George R. R. Martin (2012). “George R. R. Martin's A Game of Thrones 5-Book Boxed Set (Song of Ice and Fire Series): A Game of Thrones, A Clash of Kings, A Storm of Swords, A Feast for Crows, and and A Dance with Dragons”, p.786, Bantam

His time was past, her handmaid Irri declared. No man should live longer than his teeth.

George R. R. Martin
Past, Men, Teeth
George R. R. Martin (2012). “George R. R. Martin's A Game of Thrones 5-Book Boxed Set (Song of Ice and Fire Series): A Game of Thrones, A Clash of Kings, A Storm of Swords, A Feast for Crows, and and A Dance with Dragons”, p.851, Bantam

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