George R. R. Martin Quotes & Sayings (Page 6)

“I wrote six pilots, none of which ever got picked up. When you stop trying, it then it falls in your lap.”

“I'm one of those writers who say, 'I've enjoy having written.'”

“I've written some standalone novels, but a book series allows fans in. There's much more intense involvement.”

“One of the great things about books is you can afford to do anything.”

“One of the things I love, and I'm a voracious reader as well as a writer, is books that surprise me, that are not predictable.”

“The success that the Tolkien books had redefined modern fantasy.”

“There are some examples of medieval kings who were terrible human beings but were nevertheless good kings.”

“Writing is hard. I mean, I sit there and work at it.”

“You can have the power to destroy, but it doesn't give you the power to reform, or improve, or build.”

“I write from this tight third-person viewpoint, where each chapter is seen through the eyes of one individual character. When I'm writing that character, I become that character and identify with that character.”