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
If you're going to write about war, which my books are about, wars are nasty things. I think it's sort of a cheap, easy way out to write a war story in which no one ultimately dies. George R. R. Martin bookcheapeasy 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
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. George R. R. Martin baseballbayonnecollege Change image and share on social
I do get invitations all of the time to play actual fantasy football, by the way, but I get the feeling that I'd like it too much. I have enough demands on my time. My fans would kill me. George R. R. Martin actualdemandfan Change image and share on social
I have always regarded historical fiction and fantasy as sisters under the skin, two genres separated at birth. George R. R. Martin birthfantasyfiction Change image and share on social
My characters who come back from death are worse for wear. In some ways, they're not even the same characters anymore. The body may be moving, but some aspect of the spirit is changed or transformed, and they've lost something. George R. R. Martin anymoreaspectback 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
