I like dogs better than knights. A hound will die for you, but never lie to you. And he'll look you straight in the face. He cupped her under the jaw, raising her chin, his fingers pinchingher painfully. And that's more than little birds can do, isn't it? I never got my song.
George R. R. MartinOne of the things I love, and I'm a voracious reader as well as a writer, is books that surprise me, that are not predictable.
George R. R. MartinThere is a savage beast in every man, and when you hand that man a sword or spear and send him forth to war, the beast stirs.
George R. R. MartinYou don't just have people who wake up in the morning and say, "What evil things can I do today, because I'm Mr. Evil?" People do things for what they think are justified reasons. Everybody is the hero of their own story, and you have to keep that in mind. If you read a lot of history, as I do, even the worst and most monstrous people thought they were the good guys. We're all very tangled knots.
George R. R. Martin