Different roads sometimes lead to the same castle.

I will teach them what it means to put a lion in a cage, Cersei thought.

Dragons old and young, true and false, bright and dark. And you. A small man with a big shadow, snarling in the midst of all.

I try to make the readers feel they've lived the events of the book. Just as you grieve if a friend is killed, you should grieve if a fictional character is killed. You should care. If somebody dies and you just go get more popcorn, it's a superficial experience isn't it?

My biggest dream was to ruin the lives of my readers and crush their souls... And I really think that worked out pretty well for me.

Unfortunately in television, for whatever reason, fantasy became thought of as a kids' genre.

When your enemies defy you, you must serve them steel and fire. When they go to their knees, however, you must help them back to their feet. Elsewise no man will ever bend the knee to you