So be it. I'll wear my iron and hold my tongue. A man who won't listen can't hear.

The best writing advice I had was [in] ‘Heinlein’s Rules for Writers’ by (American science fiction author) Robert A. Heinlein. His first rule is that you must write, and I was already doing that, but his second rule is, ‘You must finish what you write,’ and that had a big impact on me.

Armor yourself in it, and it will never be used against you

I've written some standalone novels, but a book series allows fans in. There's much more intense involvement.

Nothing bores me more than books where you read two pages and you know exactly how it's going to come out. I want twists and turns that surprise me, characters that have a difficult time and that I don't know if they're going to live or die.

Every once in a very long while, Lord Tywin Lannister would actually threaten to smile; he never did, but the threat alone was terrible to behold.

A cold wind was blowing from the north, and it made the trees rustle like living things.