Nothing bores me more than books where you read two pages and you know exactly how it's going to come out. I want twists and turns that surprise me, characters that have a difficult time and that I don't know if they're going to live or die.
George R. R. MartinSer Cleos looked like a weasel, fought like a goose, and had the courage of an especially brave ewe.
George R. R. MartinI've said in many interviews that I like my fiction to be unpredictable. I like there to be considerable suspense.
George R. R. MartinThe truth is all around you, plain to behold. The night is dark and full of terrors, the day bright and beautiful and full of hope. One is black, the other white. There is ice and there is fire. Hate and love. Bitter and sweet. Male and female. Pain and pleasure. Winter and summer. Evil and good. Death and life. Everywhere, opposites.
George R. R. Martin