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
brother men tree
On the gallows tree, all men are brothers.
grief tears guilt
Anger was better than tears, better than grief, better than guilt.
badass names today
There is only one god and his name is Death. And there is only one thing we say to Death: “Not today.
graves clash-of-kings
He who hurries through life hurries to his grave.
winning sitting thrones
I swear to you, sitting a throne is a thousand times harder than winning one.
stars dragons darkness
When the red star bleeds and the darkness gathers, Azor Ahai shall be born again amidst smoke and salt to wake dragons out of stone.
shoes trying nails
There’s part of me that loves words. But sometimes it feels like you’re trying to drive nails with your shoe.
heartbreak betrayal soul
Shattered legs may heal in time, but some betrayals fester and poison the soul.
happy-endings distrust conventional
I have an instinctual distrust of conventional happy endings.
winning ice games
When you play a game of thrones you win or you die.
stars rose too-much
I rose too high, loved too hard, dared too much. I tried to grasp a star, overreached, and fell.
hero character long
I like grey characters; fantasy for too long has been focused on very stereotypical heroes and villains.
memories men sea
Men live their lives trapped in an eternal present, between the mists of memory and the sea of shadow that is all we know of the days to come.
sheep thrones lions
A lion doesn't concern itself with the opinion of sheep.