An awful lot of fantasy, and even some great fantasy, falls into the mistake of assuming that a good man will be a good king, that all that is necessary is to be a decent human being and when you're king everything will go swimmingly.

I do so hope he plays us 'The Rains of Castamere.' It has been an hour. I've forgotten how it goes -- Olenna Tyrell, the HBIC

For the night is dark and full of terrors.

Sometimes there is no happy choice, Sam, only one less grievous than the others. - Jon Snow

All these kings would do a deal better if they would put down their swords and listen to their mothers.

His time was past, her handmaid Irri declared. No man should live longer than his teeth.

I've said in many interviews that I like my fiction to be unpredictable. I like there to be considerable suspense.