It was a hollow victory they gave me. A crown...it was the girl I prayed them for. Your sister, safe... and mine again as she was meant to be. I ask you, Ned, what good is it to wear a crown?

Every man must die, Jon Snow. But first he must live.

I knew that, when writing a book, you're not constrained by a budget. You're not constrained by what you can do, in terms of the special effects technology. You're not limited to any particular running time.

What are gods for if not to sit in judgment over men? The Many-Faced God does not weigh men's souls, however. He gives his gift to the best of men as he gives it to the worst. Elsewise the good would live forever.

Some men want whores on the eve of battle, and some want gods. Jon wondered who felt better afterward.

I have some other novels I want to write. I have a lot of short stories - I love the short story.

I know nothing and perhaps I never will.