Words create sentences; sentences create paragraphs; sometimes paragraphs quicken and begin to breathe.
Writing is magic, as much the water of life as any other creative art. The water is free. So drink. Drink and be filled up.
You can't deny laughter; when it comes, it plops down in your favourite chair and stays as long as it wants.
... a mind needs books as a sword needs a whetstone, if it is to keep its edge. - George R. R. Martin
A lot of writing takes place in the subconscious, and it's bound to have an effect. - George R. R. Martin
A reader lives a thousand lives before he dies, said Jojen. The man who never reads lives only one. - George R. R. Martin
An awful lot of fantasy, and even some great fantasy, falls into the mistake of assuming that a good man will be a good king, that all that is necessary is to be a decent human being and when you're king everything will go swimmingly. - George R. R. Martin
As Faulkner says, all of us have the capacity in us for great good and for great evil, for love but also for hate. I wanted to write those kinds of complex character in a fantasy, and not just have all the good people get together to fight the bad guy. - George R. R. Martin
As much as I love historical fiction, my problem with historical fiction is that you always know what's going to happen. - George R. R. Martin
'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
I had an encyclopedia with a list of flags in the back, so I would look at all these flags of China and Liberia and England and Denmark and whatever, and I learned all the different flags, and I tried to imagine what it would be like to be voyaging on some of these ships. - George R. R. Martin
I had this desire to see the world. I couldn't see any of it, but I saw it in my imagination, and that's why I always read books, and I could go to Mars or Middle Earth or the Hyborian age. - George R. R. Martin
I have files, I have computer files and, you know, files on paper. But most of it is really in my head. So God help me if anything ever happens to my head! - George R. R. Martin
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
I like grey characters; fantasy for too long has been focused on very stereotypical heroes and villains. - George R. R. Martin
I try to make the readers feel they've lived the events of the book. Just as you grieve if a friend is killed, you should grieve if a fictional character is killed. You should care. If somebody dies and you just go get more popcorn, it's a superficial experience isn't it? - George R. R. Martin
I watch NFL football on Sundays. I enjoy gaming with friends, meaning role-playing games; I still enjoy going to conventions and traveling. - George R. R. Martin
Connect with
Login with Facebook