![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.](/assets/img/quote-photos/i-had-written-three-books-games-of-throne-at-that-point-and-each-one-of-them.jpg)
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