If a man paints a target on his chest, he should expect that sooner or later someone will loose an arrow on him.

I do know what’s been useless to me is the online fantasy name generators. I’ve tried those a few times, and they say, ‘Just hit this button and we’ll generate 50 fantasy names,’ and they all turn out to be ‘Grisknuckle’.

Nobody is a villain in their own story. We're all the heroes of our own stories.

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.

And I tell you truly, Danaerys, there is no man in all the world who will ever be half so true to you as me.

More details, more devils.

A lot of writing takes place in the subconscious, and it's bound to have an effect.