I thought my song was beginning that day, but it was almost done.

If the novels are still being read in 50 years, no one is ever going to say: 'What's great about that sixth book is that he met his deadline!' It will be about how the whole thing stands up.

When you know what a man wants you know who he is, and how to move him.

Old stories are like old friends, she used to say. You have to visit them from time to time.

Let his sword break and his shield shatter, Sansa thought coldly as she shoved out through the doors, let his courage fail him and every man desert him.

I want you to be afraid to turn the page (and to do that) you need to show right from the beginning that you're playing for keeps.

I was a novelist first. But in the mid 80s, I did work in television for ten years. And yes, that was frequently the reaction to my scripts. People would say, you know, George, this is great. We love it, a terrific script, but it would cost five times our budget to shoot this.