The 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.

More details, more devils.

Remember, whatever the price...I'll beat it! I like living! Tyrion Lannister

Contempt, thought Tyrion, the universal tongue.

I have a huge emotional attachment to characters I've created, especially the viewpoint characters.

His time was past, her handmaid Irri declared. No man should live longer than his teeth.

Aemon’s blind white eyes came open. “Egg?” he said, as the rain streamed down his cheeks. “Egg, I dreamed that I was old.