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.

An honest kiss, a little kindness, everyone deserves that much, however big or small.

Bear Island knows no king but the King in the North, whose name is STARK.

A Lannister always pays his debts.

Schemes are like fruit, they require a certain ripening.

Some doors are best left closed.

He wants you to smile and smell sweet and be his lady love. He wants to hear you recite all your pretty little words the way the septa taught you. He wants you to love him... and fear him.