I'm a huge fan of Tolkien. I read those books when I was in junior high school and high school, and they had a profound effect on me. I'd read other fantasy before, but none of them that I loved like Tolkien. George R. R. Martin bookeffectfan share on social
Don't write outlines; I hate outlines. George R. R. Martin hateoutlinewrite Change image and share on social
I had a couple of friends, but I was mostly the kid with his nose in a book. George R. R. Martin bookcouplefriend Change image and share on social
There has to be a level of joy of what you're doing. George R. R. Martin joylevel Change image and share on social
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 characterconflictdwarve share on social
I prefer to work with grey characters rather than black and white. George R. R. Martin blackcharactergrey Change image and share on social
I have some other novels I want to write. I have a lot of short stories - I love the short story. George R. R. Martin lotlovenovel Change image and share on social
I like grey characters; fantasy for too long has been focused on very stereotypical heroes and villains. George R. R. Martin characterfantasyfocus Change image and share on social
There are writers, and I know some of them, who are very disciplined. Who write, like, four pages a day, every day. And it doesn't matter if their dog got run over by a car that day, or they won the Irish sweepstakes. I'm not one of those writers. George R. R. Martin cardaydiscipline share on social
