George R. R. Martin Quotes

George R. R. Martin — American Author born on September 20, 1948,

George Raymond Richard Martin, often referred to as GRRM, is an American novelist and short story writer in the fantasy, horror, and science fiction genres, a screenwriter, and television producer. He is best known for his international bestselling series of epic fantasy novels, A Song of Ice and Fire, which HBO later adapted for its dramatic series entitled Game of Thrones... (wikipedia)

When I am writing best, I really am lost in my world. I lose track of the outside world. I have a difficult time balancing between my real world and the artificial world.

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

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

I've said in many interviews that I like my fiction to be unpredictable. I like there to be considerable suspense.

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