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.

Words are wind, Brienne told herself. They cannot hurt you. Let them wash over you.

When you have known the kiss of a flaying knife, a laugh loses all its power to hurt you.

Knowledge is a Weapon, Jon. Arm yourself well before you ride forth to Battle.

I wrote six pilots, none of which ever got picked up. When you stop trying, it then it falls in your lap.

A hedge knight must hold tight to his pride. Without it, he was no more than a sellsword

The cable makers are the ones who are willing to take risks and do something original and push the envelope some.