I'm a huge fan of Tolkien. I read those books when I was in junior high school and high school, and they had a profound effect on me. I'd read other fantasy before, but none of them that I loved like Tolkien.
George R. R. MartinThere is a savage beast in every man, and when you hand that man a sword or spear and send him forth to war, the beast stirs.
George R. R. Martin