They say night's beauties fade at dawn, and the children of wine are oft disowned in the morning light.

When a man was hurt you took him to the maester, but what could you do when your maester was hurt?

He pushed away from her and raised his arm, forcing his stump into her face. "A Hand without a hand? A bad jape, sister. Don't ask me to rule.

They'll kill for that knighthood, but don't ever think they'll die for it.

That was the way of this cold world, where men fished the sea and dug in the ground and died, whilst women brought forth short-lived children from beds of blood and pain.

The most important thing for any aspiring writer, is to read! And not just the sort of thing you're trying to write, be that fantasy, SF, comic books, whatever. You need to read everything.

If somebody dies and you just go get more popcorn, it’s a superficial experience isn’t it?