The truth of it is, writers do have peculiar relationships with their characters. They are our children in more senses than one. They are born of our imaginations, carry much of ourselves in them, and embody whatever dreams we dream of immortality.

Jon:'What are you doing up there? Why aren't you at the feast?' Tyrion: 'Too hot, too noisy, and I'd drunk too much wine', the dwarf told him. 'I learned long ago that it is considered rude to vomit on your brother.

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.

In my dreams, I kill him every night,' Robert admitted. 'A thousand deaths will still be less than he deserves'.

We're children. We're supposed to be childish.

You always try to do your own thing. One of the things I wanted to do was to write a book that combines some of the best traits of contemporary fantasy with some of the traits of the historical novel.

One of the hardest parts of writing is writing from the gut or the heart or something like that rather than intellectually.