I am loyal to my beloved Joffrey. (Sansa) No doubt. As loyal as a deer surrounded by wolves. (Tyrion) Lions, she whispered without thinking.

Great wrongs have been done you, but the past is dust. The future may yet be won.

I can be humbler than anyone.

I've been very lucky. There were times when I was afraid I would never sell another book, but I never doubted I'd write another book.

There was an agelessness about him, a stillness; on Roose Bolton's face, rage and joy looked much the same.

I never wanted to see half the things I've seen, and I've never seen half the things I wanted to. I don't think wanting comes into it. You'd best go all the same.

I love fantasy. I grew up reading fantasy. But, I wanted to put a somewhat different spin on it. The whole trope of absolute good versus absolute evil, which was wonderful in the hands of J.R. Tolkien, became cliche and rote in the hands of the many Tolkien imitators that followed.