I have an instinctual distrust of conventional happy endings. George R. R. Martin conventionaldistrustending Change image and share on social
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. George R. R. Martin actionadultadventure share on social
I know some writers can write on the road, but I'm not one of them. George R. R. Martin roadwritewriter Change image and share on social
I've never been good with deadlines. My early novels, I wrote by myself. No one knew I was writing a novel; I didn't have a contract. George R. R. Martin contractdeadlineearly Change image and share on social
It's like these ideas, these characters, kind of bubble up inside me, and one day they're not there, and the next day they are there. They're alive, and they're whispering in my head and all that stuff, and I want to write about those things. George R. R. Martin alivebubblecharacter share on social
I have files, I have computer files and, you know, files on paper. But most of it is really in my head. So God help me if anything ever happens to my head! George R. R. Martin computerfilegod Change image and 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
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 barnebookdarian 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