I've always preferred writing about grey characters and human characters. Whether they are giants or elves or dwarves, or whatever they are, they're still human, and the human heart is still in conflict with the self.

My biggest dream was to ruin the lives of my readers and crush their souls... And I really think that worked out pretty well for me.

She had put despair and fear aside, as if they were garments she did not choose to wear.

You can't hammer tin into iron, no matter how hard you beat it, but that doesn't mean it's useless.

So young," said Wyman Manderly, "Though mayhaps this was a blessing. Had he lived he would've grown up to be a Frey.

I know nothing and perhaps I never will.

Tears aren't a woman's only weapon.