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" The success that the Tolkien books had redefined modern fantasy. "
George R. R. Martin
Success
Modern
Books
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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. "
George R. R. Martin
Bad
Book
Good
" A lot of writing takes place in the subconscious, and it's bound to have an effect. "
George R. R. Martin
Place
Effect
Subconscious
" 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. "
George R. R. Martin
Own
Fantasy
You
" All fiction has to have a certain amount of truth in it to be powerful. "
George R. R. Martin
Truth
Powerful
Fiction
" One of the big breakthroughs, I think for me, was reading Robert A. Heinlein's four rules of writing, one of which was, 'You must finish what you write.' I never had any problem with the first one, 'You must write' - I was writing since I was a kid. But I never finished what writing. "
George R. R. Martin
Problem
Writing
Think
" Nobody is a villain in their own story. We're all the heroes of our own stories. "
George R. R. Martin
Our
Story
Heroes
" The prejudice is still there, but it's breaking down. You have writers like Michael Chabon and The Yiddish Policemen's Union. He's a writer who's determined to break down genre barriers. He's done amazing things. "
George R. R. Martin
You
Done
Down
" 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. "
George R. R. Martin
Run
Me
Long
" If I was a soldier going to war, I'd be pretty scared the night before a battle. It's a scary thing. And I want my readers to feel that fear as they turn the page. "
George R. R. Martin
Page
War
Battle
" I'm one of those writers who say, 'I've enjoy having written.' "
George R. R. Martin
Enjoy
Having
Say
" I worked out of Hollywood for 10 years and I had my heart broken half a dozen times, so I know all the things that can go wrong. "
George R. R. Martin
Heart
Hollywood
Know
" It's really irritating when you open a book, and 10 pages into it you know that the hero you met on page one or two is gonna come through unscathed, because he's the hero. This is completely unreal, and I don't like it. "
George R. R. Martin
Hero
Book
You
" Boy, there are days where I get up and say 'Where the hell did my talent go? Look at this crap that I'm producing here. This is terrible. Look, I wrote this yesterday. I hate this, I hate this.' "
George R. R. Martin
Boy
Look
Hell
" You want people to be eager for your book; the downside is when the people forget the series even exists. "
George R. R. Martin
Book
Your
You
" I believe that a writer learns from every story he writes, and when you try different things, you learn different lessons. Working with other writers, as in Hollywood or in a shared world series, will also strengthen your skills, by exposing you to new ways of seeing the work, and different approaches to certain creative challenges. "
George R. R. Martin
Work
Story
Creative
" 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. "
George R. R. Martin
Sitting
Days
God
" Many writers will get a contract by selling chapters and outlines or something like that. I wrote the entire novel, and when it was all finished, I would give it to my agent and say, 'Well, here's a novel; sell it if you can.' And they would do that, and it was good because I never had anyone looking over my shoulder. "
George R. R. Martin
Never
Looking
Good
" I tend to write one character at a time. But I don't write the entirety of one character at a time. "
George R. R. Martin
Tend
Write
Character
" I've always preferred writing about grey characters and human characters. Whether they are giants or elves or dwarves, or whatever they are, they're still human, and the human heart is still in conflict with the self. "
George R. R. Martin
Heart
Conflict
Always
" There is magic in my universe, but it's pretty low magic compared to other fantasies. "
George R. R. Martin
Pretty
Universe
Magic
" I think that, in all of my time, I got just one fan letter, from an NFL fullback named Darian Barnes. NFL players might not have enough time for my books. "
George R. R. Martin
Think
Enough
NFL
" I have always been a dark writer. "
George R. R. Martin
Dark
Always
Been
" I find religion and spirituality fascinating. I would like to believe this isn't the end and there's something more, but I can't convince the rational part of me that that makes any sense whatsoever. "
George R. R. Martin
End
More
Believe
" As much as I love historical fiction, my problem with historical fiction is that you always know what's going to happen. "
George R. R. Martin
Know
Problem
You
" 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. "
George R. R. Martin
Books
Well
Things
" 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. "
George R. R. Martin
Short
Story
Hollywood
" There has to be a level of joy of what you're doing. "
George R. R. Martin
Joy
You
Level
" Whether you're a history buff or a fantasy fan, Druon's epic will keep you turning pages. This was the original game of thrones. If you like 'A Song of Ice and Fire', you will love 'The Accursed Kings'. "
George R. R. Martin
History
Game
Fire
" There was part of me that wanted to see the world and travel to distant places, but I could only do it in my imagination, so I read ferociously and imagined things. "
George R. R. Martin
Imagination
World
Travel
" I have done a lot of work in Hollywood myself. I worked in television for roughly 10 years, from the mid-'80s to mid-'90s. And I was on staff at a couple of shows. I did some feature films, including originals and adaptations. "
George R. R. Martin
Done
Television
Work