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
writing fabulous inspired
Some writers enjoy writing, I am told. Not me. I enjoy having written.
pain being-hurt old-wounds
Some old wounds never truly heal, and bleed again at the slightest word.
arrows
Words are like arrows, Arianne. Once loosed, you cannot call them back. - Areo Hotah
hero dark artist
An artist has an obligation to tell the truth. [...] that the true horrors of human history derive not from orcs and Dark Lords, but from ourselves. We are the monsters. (And the heroes too). Each of us has within himself the capacity for great good, and great evil.
hero fighting winning
My own heroes are the dreamers, those men and women who tried to make the world a better place than when they found it, whether in small ways or great ones. Some succeeded, some failed, most had mixed results... but it is the effort that's heroic, as I see it. Win or lose, I admire those who fight the good fight.
dream sleep night
When I sleep I turn into a wolf. Bran turned his face away and looked back out into the night. Do wolves dreams?
taken heart writing
I've always taken that as my guiding principle and the rest is just set dressing. You can have dragons in it, or aliens and starships, or a western about a gunslinger, or even literary fiction, and ultimately you're still writing about the human heart in conflict with itself.
truth honesty men
Most men would rather deny a hard truth than face it.
wall drunk wonder
I wonder what the High Septon would have to say about the sanctity of oaths sworn while dead drunk, chained to a wall, with a sword pressed to your chest?
wine great-wine best-wine
Wine makes all things possible.
careers different needs
It's different for every writer. It's not a career for anyone who needs security. It's a career for gamblers. It's a career of ups and downs.
wind tragedy thrones
Wind and words. We are only human, and the gods have fashioned us for love. That is our great glory, and our great tragedy.
sleep night giving
Give me honorable enemies rather than ambitious ones, and I'll sleep more easily by night.
heart broken spots
And I have a tender spot in my heart for cripples and bastards and broken things.