George R. R. Martin
George R. R. Martin
George Raymond Richard Martin, often referred to as GRRM, is an American novelist and short-story writer in the fantasy, horror, and science fiction genres, a screenwriter, and television producer. He is best known for his international bestselling series of epic fantasy novels, A Song of Ice and Fire, which was later adapted into the HBO dramatic series Game of Thrones...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionAuthor
Date of Birth20 September 1948
CountryUnited States of America
death thrones finals
Death is so terribly final, while life is full of possibilities.
wall
Spikes, " he sighed. "Heads. Walls.
hero stories villain
Nobody is a villain in their own story. We're all the heroes of our own stories.
interviews suspense fiction
I've said in many interviews that I like my fiction to be unpredictable. I like there to be considerable suspense.
rome hbo wish
'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.
risk envelopes pushing-the-envelope
The cable makers are the ones who are willing to take risks and do something original and push the envelope some.
kings example medieval
There are some examples of medieval kings who were terrible human beings but were nevertheless good kings.
magic fantasy lows
There is magic in my universe, but it's pretty low magic compared to other fantasies.
kids television fantasy
Unfortunately in television, for whatever reason, fantasy became thought of as a kids' genre.
fiction fantasy mystery
Yes - 90% of fantasy is crap. And so is 90% of science fiction and 90% of mystery fiction and 90% of literary fiction.
hate writing character
As Faulkner says, all of us have the capacity in us for great good and for great evil, for love but also for hate. I wanted to write those kinds of complex character in a fantasy, and not just have all the good people get together to fight the bad guy.
philosophy writing details
'Dreamsongs' allows me to show the scope of my writing - with personal commentary that puts the works in context and includes some autobiographical details intended to reveal how each piece came to be, what it represents, and how it has formed, or been informed by, my philosophy of writing.
trying paper pages
I can see a scene in my head, and when I try to get it down in words on paper, the words are clunky; the scene is not coming across right. So frustrating. And there are days where it keeps flowing. Open the floodgates, and there it is. Pages and pages coming. Where the hell does this all come from? I don't know.
heart years broken
I worked out of Hollywood for 10 years and I had my heart broken half a dozen times, so I know all the things that can go wrong.