It's different for every writer. It's not a career for anyone who needs security. It's a career for gamblers. It's a career of ups and downs.

The north remembers, Lord Davos. The north remembers, and the mummer’s farce is almost done. My son is home.

A mind needs books as a sword needs a whetstone, if it is to keep its edge.

Some doors are best left closed.

I'm sorry that I never trusted you. I don't know how to do that anymore.

I never finished any of my early stories. They were all beginnings, an endless number of beginnings.

There are worse ways to die than warm and drunk.