George R. R. Martin Quotes & Sayings (Page 2)

“Over the years, more than one reviewer has described my fantasy series, 'A Song of Ice and Fire', as historical fiction about history that never happened, flavoured with a dash of sorcery and spiced with dragons. I take that as a compliment.”

“All fiction has to have a certain amount of truth in it to be powerful.”

“The odd thing about being a writer is you do tend to lose yourself in your books. Sometimes it seems like real life is flickering by and you're hardly a part of it. You remember the events in your books better than you remember the events that actually took place when you were writing them.”

“An awful lot of fantasy, and even some great fantasy, falls into the mistake of assuming that a good man will be a good king, that all that is necessary is to be a decent human being and when you're king everything will go swimmingly.”

“I like grey characters; fantasy for too long has been focused on very stereotypical heroes and villains.”

“I wanted to write a big novel, something epic in scale.”

“Don't write outlines; I hate outlines.”

“I prefer to work with grey characters rather than black and white.”

“I watch NFL football on Sundays. I enjoy gaming with friends, meaning role-playing games; I still enjoy going to conventions and traveling.”

“I have files, I have computer files and, you know, files on paper. But most of it is really in my head. So God help me if anything ever happens to my head!”