The ones who look the most suspicious are likely innocent. It's the ones who look innocent I need to beware.
George R. R. MartinI've always taken that as my guiding principle and the rest is just set dressing. You can have dragons in it, or aliens and starships, or a western about a gunslinger, or even literary fiction, and ultimately you're still writing about the human heart in conflict with itself.
George R. R. MartinThe true horrors of human history derive not from orcs and Dark Lords, but from ourselves.
George R. R. Martin