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

An artist has an obligation to tell the truth. [...] that the true horrors of human history derive not from orcs and Dark Lords, but from ourselves. We are the monsters. (And the heroes too). Each of us has within himself the capacity for great good, and great evil.

One of the hardest parts of writing is writing from the gut or the heart or something like that rather than intellectually.

I wrote six pilots, none of which ever got picked up. When you stop trying, it then it falls in your lap.

When I am writing best, I really am lost in my world. I lose track of the outside world. I have a difficult time balancing between my real world and the artificial world.

You are the blood of the dragon. You can make a hat.

None of us is ever ready,' he (Ned) said. 'For knighthood?' 'For death.