All men are fools, if truth be told, but the ones in motley are more amusing than ones with crowns.

As Faulkner says, all of us have the capacity in us for great good and for great evil, for love but also for hate. I wanted to write those kinds of complex character in a fantasy, and not just have all the good people get together to fight the bad guy.

I swear to you, sitting a throne is a thousand times harder than winning one.

That little touch is not in the books, but I wish it had been in the books because it was a great addition.

When you tear out a man's tongue, you are not proving him a liar, you're only telling the world that you fear what he might say.

I've been very lucky. There were times when I was afraid I would never sell another book, but I never doubted I'd write another book.

It is better to be seen as cruel than foolish.