The most important thing for any aspiring writer, is to read! And not just the sort of thing you're trying to write, be that fantasy, SF, comic books, whatever. You need to read everything.

I must show no fear, no weakness, no doubt.

For herself, she wanted sleet and ice, howling winds, thunder to shake the very stones of the Red Keep. She wanted a storm to match her rage.

Art is not a democracy. People don't get to vote on how it ends.

I heard of a man who had a razor made of Valyrian steel. He cut his head off trying to shave.

It was astonishing to see how angry Cersei could wax over accusations she knew perfectly well to be true.

You could make a poultice out of mud to cool a fever. You could plant seeds in mud and grow a crop to feed your children. Mud would nourish you, where fire would only consume you, but fools and children and young girls would choose fire every time.