And pray that he is the man I think he is, he finished silently, and not the man I fear he has become.

I 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.

People often claim to hunger for truth, but seldom like the taste when it's served up.

Explain to me why it is more noble to kill ten thousand men in battle than a dozen at dinner.

Inside the room, a man and a woman were wrestling. They were both naked.

'Rome' was one of my favourite shows, and I wish HBO had given it three more seasons 'cause I would have loved to continue watching it.

There is no creature on earth half so terrifying as a truly just man.