George R. R. Martin Quotes - Page 23

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• Have a care how you speak to me, Imp. Doubtless he meant to sound threatening, but that absurd wisp of a mustache ruined the effect.

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  Mustache, Sound, Care

  George R. R. Martin (2012). “George R. R. Martin's A Game of Thrones 5-Book Boxed Set (Song of Ice and Fire Series): A Game of Thrones, A Clash of Kings, A Storm of Swords, A Feast for Crows, and and A Dance with Dragons”, p.1038, Bantam

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• Ser Cleos looked like a weasel, fought like a goose, and had the courage of an especially brave ewe.

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  Brave, Weasels, Geese

  George R. R. Martin (2011). “A Game of Thrones 4-Book Bundle: A Song of Ice and Fire Series: A Game of Thrones, A Clash of Kings, A Storm of Swords, and A Feast for Crows”, p.1589, Bantam

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• Don't write outlines; I hate outlines.

  George R. R. Martin

  Hate, Writing, I Hate

  "Personal Quotes/ Biography". www.imdb.com.

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• The most important thing for any aspiring writer, is to read! And not just the sort of thing you're trying to write, be that fantasy, SF, comic books, whatever. You need to read everything.

  George R. R. Martin

  Book, Writing, Important

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• Believe it or not, I worked four summers in college as a sports writer covering baseball for a parks and rec department in Bayonne, N.J.

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  Summer, Sports, Baseball

  Interview with Adam Duerson, www.si.com. May 31, 2012.

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• Catelyn had never liked this godswood. She had been born a Tully, at Riverrun far to the south, on the Red Fork of the Trident. The godswood there was a garden, bright and airy, where tall redwoods spread dappled shadows across tinkling streams, birds sang from hidden nests, and the air was spicy with the scent of flowers.

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  Flower, Garden, Air

  George R. R. Martin (2012). “George R. R. Martin's A Game of Thrones 5-Book Boxed Set (Song of Ice and Fire Series): A Game of Thrones, A Clash of Kings, A Storm of Swords, A Feast for Crows, and and A Dance with Dragons”, p.32, Bantam

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• Start trying to work out who deserves what, and before long you'll spend the rest of your days weeping for each and every person in the world.

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  Long, Work Out, Trying

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• The white horse and the black one wheeled like lovers at a harvest dance, the riders throwing steel in place of kisses.

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  Horse, Kissing, White

  George R. R. Martin (2003). “A Clash of Kings: A Song of Ice and Fire: Book Two”, p.320, Bantam

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• The man who passes the sentence should swing the sword. Look her in the eyes before you kill her. See her tears, hear her last words. You owe her that much at least." - Eddard Stark

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  Eye, Men, Swings

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• I want to make my kingdom beautiful, to fill it with fat men and pretty maids and laughing children. I want my people to smile when they see me ride by, the way Viserys said they smiled for my father. (Daenerys)

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  Beautiful, Children, Father

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• Littlefinger looked like a boy who had just taken a furtive bite from a honeycomb. He was TRYING to watch for bees, but the honey was so sweet.

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  Sweet, Taken, Boys

  George R. R. Martin (2011). “A Game of Thrones 4-Book Bundle: A Song of Ice and Fire Series: A Game of Thrones, A Clash of Kings, A Storm of Swords, and A Feast for Crows”, p.965, Bantam

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• As much as I love historical fiction, my problem with historical fiction is that you always know what's going to happen.

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  Historical, Fiction, Problem

  "Personal Quotes/ Biography". www.imdb.com.

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• Truly, sister, you were born to be a widow. (Tyrion to Cersei)

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  Widows, Born, Tyrion

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• Of course it’s not enough to be a good man to be an effective ruler and it never has been.

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  Men, Good Man, Enough

  "‘Game Of Thrones’ Author George R. R. Martin Answers Fans’ Questions Live" by Amy Lee, www.huffingtonpost.com. July 28, 2011.

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• When the end comes, I will meet it raging.

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  Rage, Ends

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• One of your northmen hit me with a morningstar during the battle on the Green Fork. I escaped him by falling off my horse. (Tyrion)

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  Horse, Fall, Battle

  George R. R. Martin (2003). “A Clash of Kings: A Song of Ice and Fire: Book Two”, p.59, Bantam

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• Go Ahead, call me all the names you want," Sansa said airily. "You won't dare when I'm married to Joffrey. You'll have to bow and call me Your Grace." She shrieked as Arya flung the orange across the table. It caught her in the middle of the forehead with a wet squish and plopped down into her lap. "You have juice on your face, Your Grace ," Arya said.

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  Names, Orange, Grace

  George R. R. Martin (2012). “George R. R. Martin's A Game of Thrones 5-Book Boxed Set (Song of Ice and Fire Series): A Game of Thrones, A Clash of Kings, A Storm of Swords, A Feast for Crows, and and A Dance with Dragons”, p.402, Bantam

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• [as for evolution]....cutting out the sections [on the subject] is preferrable if the portions are not thick enough to cause damage to the spine of the book as it is opened and closed in normal use. When the sections needing correction are too thick, paste the pages together being careful not to smear portions of the book not intended for correction.

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  Book, Cutting, Together

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• Mother, I want to see him fly!

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  Mother, Want

  George R. R. Martin (2011). “A Game of Thrones 4-Book Bundle: A Song of Ice and Fire Series: A Game of Thrones, A Clash of Kings, A Storm of Swords, and A Feast for Crows”, p.371, Bantam

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• I've been many kinds of writers in my career: novelist; tele-playwright; short story writer. As a high-school student, I wrote amateur pieces for fanzines, and I've written for Hollywood.

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  School, Careers, Hollywood

  "Personal Quotes/ Biography". www.imdb.com.

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• Nothing bores me more than books where you read two pages and you know exactly how it's going to come out. I want twists and turns that surprise me, characters that have a difficult time and that I don't know if they're going to live or die.

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  Book, Character, Two

  "Biography / Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• In my 10 years that I spent out in TV and film, I had my shares of frustrations and annoyances and disappointments, but also I think it was, in the long run, it was very good for me in a whole bunch of ways.

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  Running, Disappointment, Frustration

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• Will you make a song for him?' the woman asked. 'He has a song,' the man replied. 'He is the prince that was promised, and his is the song of ice and fire.

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  Song, Men, Fire

  George R. R. Martin (2012). “George R. R. Martin's A Game of Thrones 5-Book Boxed Set (Song of Ice and Fire Series): A Game of Thrones, A Clash of Kings, A Storm of Swords, A Feast for Crows, and and A Dance with Dragons”, p.1224, Bantam

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• With a book I am the writer and I am also the director and I'm all of the actors and I'm the special effects guy and the lighting technician: I'm all of that. So if it's good or bad, it's all up to me.

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  Book, Guy, Special

  "Personal Quotes/ Biography". www.imdb.com.

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• The things I do for love.

  George R. R. Martin

  "Game of Thrones. Season 1. Winter is Coming". TV Series, 2011.

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