The storms come and go, the waves crash overhead, the big fish eat the little fish, and I keep on paddling. (Varys)

Summer is the time for squabbles. In winter, we must protect one another, keep each other warm, share our strengths.

There's no shame in fear, my father told me, what matters is how we face it.

I have touched more men that I can count. Some with my lips, more with my axe.

I've been many kinds of writers in my career: novelist; tele-playwright; short story writer. As a high-school student, I wrote amateur pieces for fanzines, and I've written for Hollywood.

She was Daenerys Stormborn, the Unburnt, Khaleesi and queen, Mother of Dragons, slayer of warlocks, breaker of chains, and there was no one in the world that she could trust.

Sometimes I think everyone is just pretending to be brave, and none of us really are. Maybe pretending is how you get brave, I don't know.