Tyrion Lannister could not have been more astonished if Aegon the Conqueror himself had burst into the room, riding on a dragon and juggling lemon pies.

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.

But what a man can do and what a man will do are two different things, he knew.

In King’s Landing, there are two sorts of people. The players and the pieces… Every man’s a piece to start with, and every maid as well. Even some who think they are players." Petyr Baelish

Fantasy is silver and scarlet, indigo and azure, obsidian veined with gold and lapis lazuli.

With a book I am the writer and I am also the director and I'm all of the actors and I'm the special effects guy and the lighting technician: I'm all of that. So if it's good or bad, it's all up to me.

A mad man sees what he sees.