Robert wanted to be loved. My brother Tyrion has the same disease. Do you want to be loved, Sansa?โ โEveryone wants to be loved.โ โI see flowering hasnโt made you any brighter,โ said Cersei. โSansa, permit me to share a bit of womanly wisdom with you on this very special day. Love is poison. A sweet poison, yes, but it will kill you all the same.
George R. R. MartinThe wildlings seemed to think Ygritte a great beauty because of her hair; red hair was rare among the free folk, and those who had it were said to be kissed by fire, which was supposed to be lucky.
George R. R. MartinThese old knights are more cunning than you think, or they would never have lived to see their first grey hair.
George R. R. MartinI had written three books [Games of Throne], at that point, and each one of them was better than the other. At a certain point, as the books were doing well, I started getting interest from Hollywood, from various producers and studios who were initially interested in doing a feature film. I met with some of those people and I had phone conversations with some of those people, but I didn't see it being done as a feature film.
George R. R. Martin