Men are mad and gods are madder, she told the grass, and the grass murmured its agreement.
George R. R. MartinIt was a cruel fate, Yet not so cruel as Mago's will be. I promise you that, by the old gods and the new, by the lamb god and the horse god and every god that lives. I swear by the Mother of Mountains and the Womb of the World. Before I am done with them, Mago and Ko Jhaqo will plead for the mercy they showed Eroeh.
George R. R. MartinI always give my students exercises where they really have to open a vein and bleed all over the paper and that's the way you get the important characters. Sooner or later every writer worth reading writes a story his mother wouldn't read and having to get that stuff out is part of one's growth as a writer.
George R. R. MartinDonโt call me Lord Snow.โ The dwarf lifted an eyebrow. โWould you rather be called the Imp? Let them see that their words can cut you and youโll never be free of the mockery. If they want to give you a name take it make it your own. Then they canโt hurt you with it anymore.
George R. R. Martin