Remember Old Nan's stories, Bran. Remember the way she told them, the sound of her voice. So long as you do that, part of her will always be alive in you.

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

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.

It's really irritating when you open a book, and 10 pages into it you know that the hero you met on page one or two is gonna come through unscathed, because he's the hero. This is completely unreal, and I don't like it.

There are no heroes...in life, the monsters win.

Control your generosity when dealing with a chronic borrower.

Wisdom oft comes from the mouth of babes.