I'm not a writer who's preaching some particular philosophy or something but the big questions do concern me and I like to make my readers think and debate and argue with each other and look at some aspect of the world or some act of governance or war or power and have an angle they haven't considered before, and that's something I strive for and hopefully have accomplished.
George R. R. MartinI could have written a story about a well-adjusted family. Ned Stark comes down to Kingโs Landing and takes over and solves all their problems. Would that have been as exciting?
George R. R. MartinI knew a man once who told me that I smiled at the wrong things." "Do you? "Only by the light of those who smile at nothing.
George R. R. MartinThe way my books are structured, everyone was together, then they all went their separate ways and the story deltas out like that, and now itโs getting to the point where the story is beginning to delta back in, and the viewpoint characters are occasionally meeting up with each other now and being in the same point at the same time, which gives me a lot more flexibility for killing people.
George R. R. Martin