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The vast majority of writers out there, they finish their books, and no one cares whether their book is late or ever comes out at all. And then it comes out, and two reviews are published, and it sells 12 copies.

~George R. R. Martin

Topics: Book Books Cares Copies Ever Finish Late Majority No One Cares Out Published Reviews Sells Then Two Vast Vast Majority Whether Writers

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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

Topics: Battle Before Fear Feel Going Night Page Pretty Readers Scared Scary Scary Thing Soldier Thing Turn Want War

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I have always regarded historical fiction and fantasy as sisters under the skin, two genres separated at birth.

~George R. R. Martin

Topics: Always Birth Fantasy Fiction Genres Historical Historical Fiction Regarded Separated Sisters Skin Two

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I work for two years on a book and it comes out and two days later I've got my first e-mail: When is the next one coming out?

~George R. R. Martin

Topics: Book Coming Days First Got Later Next Out Two Work Years E-Mail

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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

Topics: Actor Also Am Bad Book Director Effects Good Guy Lighting Me Special Special Effects Technician Up Writer I Am

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I don't know if I have any particular views about women in positions of power, though I do think it's more difficult for women, particularly in a Medieval setting. They have the additional problem that they're a woman and people don't want them in a position of power in an essentially patriarchal society.

~George R. R. Martin

Topics: About Additional Any Difficult Essentially Know Medieval More Particular Particularly Patriarchal People Position Positions Power Problem Setting Society Them Think Though Views Want Woman Women

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There has to be a level of joy of what you're doing.

~George R. R. Martin

Topics: Doing Joy Level You

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I can see a scene in my head, and when I try to get it down in words on paper, the words are clunky; the scene is not coming across right. So frustrating. And there are days where it keeps flowing. Open the floodgates, and there it is. Pages and pages coming. Where the hell does this all come from? I don't know.

~George R. R. Martin

Topics: Across Come Coming Days Does Down Flowing Frustrating Get Head Hell Keeps Know Open Pages Paper Right Scene See Try Where Words I Can

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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

Topics: Any Big Breakthroughs Finish Finished First First One Four Had Kid Me Must Never Problem Reading Robert Rules Since Think Which Write Writing You I Think

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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

Topics: Boy Crap Days Did Get Go Hate Hell Here Look Producing Say Talent Terrible Up Where Wrote Yesterday

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Biography

Nationality: American

Type: Author

Born: September 20th, 1948

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