George R.R. Martin

"The comic book is not the book. the graphic novel is not the novel. The same, of course, is true of films and television. When we move a story from one medium to another, no matter how faithful we attempt to be, some changes are inevitable. Each medium has its own demands, own restrictions, its own way of telling a story."

"The only time a man can be brave is when he is afraid."

"Lady Selyse was as tall as her husband, thin of body and thin of face, with prominent ears, a sharp nose, and the faintest hint of a mustache on her upper lip. She plucked it daily and cursed it regularly, yet it never failed to return. Her eyes were pale, her mouth stern, her voice a whip. She cracked it now."

"Nobody is a villain in their own story. We're all the heroes of our own stories."

"There are no heroes...in life, the monsters win."

"I think there are two types of writers, the architects and the gardeners. The architects plan everything ahead of time, like an architect building a house. They know how many rooms are going to be in the house, what kind of roof they're going to have, where the wires are going to run, what kind of plumbing there's going to be. They have the whole thing designed and blueprinted out before they even nail the first board up. The gardeners dig a hole, drop in a seed and water it. They kind of know what seed it is, they know if planted a fantasy seed or mystery seed or whatever. But as the plant comes up and they water it, they don't know how many branches it's going to have, they find out as it grows. And I'm much more a gardener than an architect."

"Laughter is poison to fear."

"“Death is so terribly final, while life is full of possibilities.”"

"It is one thing to be clever and another to be wise."

"People often claim to hunger for truth, but seldom like the taste when it's served up."

"Most men would rather deny a hard truth than face it."

"She liked the sharp salty smell of the air, and the vastness of horizons bounded only by a vault of azure sky above."

"It’s you and me that matters to me and you."

"The dog barked and wagged his tail. He was a huge, shaggy creature, ten stone of dog at least, but friendly. 'Who does he belong to' asked Podrick. 'Why, to himself, and to the Seven. As to his name, he has not told me what it is. I call him Dog."

"I never understood what Jaime saw in you, apart from his own reflection."

"Shattered legs may heal in time, but some betrayals fester and poison the soul."

"Curiosity is my great vice. I fear you have seen through to the heart of me, and now seek to exploit my weakness"

"His long wait is almost done. I am sending Balon Swann to Sunspear, to deliver him the head of Gregor Clegane.” Ser Balon would have another task as well, but that part was best left unsaid.“Ah.” Ser Harys Swyft fumbled at his funny little beard with thumb and forefinger. “He is dead then? Ser Gregor?”“I would think so, my lord,” Aurane Waters said dryly. “I am told that removing the head from the body is often mortal."

"That's one way we differ, Jaime and I. He's taller as well, you may have noticed."

"My mother said my father had a drop of dragon blood.”“Two drops. That, or a cock six feet long."