The intelligent and efficient politician is a species virtually unknown in the galaxy. Perhaps I might secure a scraping [for my] cell library.

I've always preferred writing about grey characters and human characters. Whether they are giants or elves or dwarves, or whatever they are, they're still human, and the human heart is still in conflict with the self.

Those are brave men," he told Ser Balon in admiration. "Let's go kill them.

With a book I am the writer and I am also the director and I'm all of the actors and I'm the special effects guy and the lighting technician: I'm all of that. So if it's good or bad, it's all up to me.

I crossed a thousand leagues to come to you, and lost the best part of me along the way. Don't tell me to leave.

You should grieve if a fictional character is killed. You should care.

Noseless and Handless, the Lannister Boys.