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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

Topics: Amateur Been Career High-School Hollywood Kinds Many Novelist Pieces Short Short Story Story Student Writer Writers Written Wrote

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'Dreamsongs' allows me to show the scope of my writing - with personal commentary that puts the works in context and includes some autobiographical details intended to reveal how each piece came to be, what it represents, and how it has formed, or been informed by, my philosophy of writing.

~George R. R. Martin

Topics: Autobiographical Been Came Commentary Context Details Each Formed How Informed Intended Me Personal Philosophy Piece Puts Represents Reveal Scope Show Some Works Writing

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I watch NFL football on Sundays. I enjoy gaming with friends, meaning role-playing games; I still enjoy going to conventions and traveling.

~George R. R. Martin

Topics: Conventions Enjoy Football Friends Games Gaming Going Meaning Still Sundays Traveling Watch Nfl

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I grew up with four T.V. channels. If you missed a show, you missed it. You gotta wait a week for the next one. I'd mail-order books: take a quarter, get an envelope, send off for it and wait until it arrived. I grew up waiting for things.

~George R. R. Martin

Topics: Arrived Books Channels Envelope Four Get Gotta Grew Missed Next Off Quarter Send Show Take Things Until Up Wait Waiting Week You

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The distinction between literary and genre fiction is stupid and pernicious. It dates back to a feud between Robert Louis Stevenson and Henry James. James won, and it split literature into two streams. But it's a totally false dichotomy.

~George R. R. Martin

Topics: Back Between Dates Dichotomy Distinction False Feud Fiction Genre Henry James Literary Literature Louis Robert Split Streams Stupid Totally Two Won

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Biography

Nationality: American

Type: Author

Born: September 20th, 1948

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