It is better to be seen as cruel than foolish.

I work for two years on a book and it comes out and two days later I've got my first e-mail: When is the next one coming out?

You make us look bad', complained Toad. 'You looked bad before I ever met you', Jon told him.

If the novels are still being read in 50 years, no one is ever going to say: 'What's great about that sixth book is that he met his deadline!' It will be about how the whole thing stands up.

I am Cersei of House Lannister, a lion of the Rock, the rightful queen of these Seven Kingdoms, trueborn daughter of Tywin Lannister. And hair grows back.

I’d be anonymous. That’s what I’d do differently.

We all need to be mocked from time to time, lest we take ourselves too seriously.