George R. R. Martin Quotes

American - Author | September 20, 1948 -

You always try to do your own thing. One of the things I wanted to do was to write a book that combines some of the best traits of contemporary fantasy with some of the traits of the historical novel.

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You want people to be eager for your book; the downside is when the people forget the series even exists.

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I think in television and film, it's not usually the child's point of view. It's the story of an adult. If there's a child in a drama or an action-adventure movie, they're someone who needs to be saved, someone who needs to be protected, or if they're killed, someone who needs to be avenged. Their character doesn't matter much.

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Yes - 90% of fantasy is crap. And so is 90% of science fiction and 90% of mystery fiction and 90% of literary fiction.

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I have some other novels I want to write. I have a lot of short stories - I love the short story.

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

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I've never been a fast writer.

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I tend to write one character at a time. But I don't write the entirety of one character at a time.

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Whenever I switch from one character to another, there's always a few days where I really struggle because I'm changing voices and I'm changing ways of looking at the world. I'm not just flicking a switch; it's harder process than that.

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I had a couple of friends, but I was mostly the kid with his nose in a book.

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I had this desire to see the world. I couldn't see any of it, but I saw it in my imagination, and that's why I always read books, and I could go to Mars or Middle Earth or the Hyborian age.

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When the writing is going really well, whole days and weeks go by, and I suddenly realise I have all these unpaid bills and, my God, I haven't unpacked, and the suitcase has been sitting there for three weeks.

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