I think my very earliest stories were all intellectual exercises and I was writing from experiences I had never had about characters who were about an inch deep.

If we leave our smells behind us when we leave a room, surely something of our souls must remain when we leave this life?" - Qyburn

You're mine," she whispered. "Mine, as I'm yours. And if we die, we die. All men must die, Jon Snow. But first, we'll live.

A mind needs books as a sword needs a whetstone, if it is to keep its edge.

Tyrion let the eunuch help him mount. "Lord Varys," he said from the saddle, "sometimes I feel as though you are the best friend I have in King's Landing and sometimes I feel you are my worst enemy." "How odd. I think quite the same of you.

I've written some standalone novels, but a book series allows fans in. There's much more intense involvement.

The girl had hoped for fog, but the gods ignored her prayers as gods so often did.