I believe that a writer learns from every story he writes, and when you try different things, you learn different lessons. Working with other writers, as in Hollywood or in a shared world series, will also strengthen your skills, by exposing you to new ways of seeing the work, and different approaches to certain creative challenges.
George R. R. MartinFiction is lies; we're writing about people who never existed and events that never happened when we write fiction, whether its science fiction or fantasy or western mystery stories or so-called literary stories. All those things are essentially untrue. But it has to have a truth at the core of it.
George R. R. MartinYou kill men for the wrongs they have done, not the wrongs that they may do someday.
George R. R. MartinI donโt know if I have any particular views about women in positions of power, though I do think itโs more difficult for women, particularly in a Medieval setting. They have the additional problem that theyโre a woman and people donโt want them in a position of power in an essentially patriarchal society.
George R. R. MartinThe odd thing about being a writer is you do tend to lose yourself in your books. Sometimes it seems like real life is flickering by and you're hardly a part of it. You remember the events in your books better than you remember the events that actually took place when you were writing them.
George R. R. Martin