George R. R. Martin Quotes

You always try to do your own thing. One of the things I wanted to do was to write a book that combines some of the best traits of contemporary fantasy with some of the traits of the historical novel.

George R. R. Martin

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: author
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: September 20, 1948

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I am more proud of Hillary Clinton's alt-right speech than any other moment on the campaign trail.

Jennifer Palmieri

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Hawaii can be heaven and it can be hell.

Jeff Goldblum

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Sometimes we look at patterns, and we look at things that are happening, and sometimes you can't dismiss everything as a conspiracy.

Tomi Lahren

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I've always viewed myself as a behind-the-scenes person rather than in front of the camera.

Tommy Mottola

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In order to be respected, authority has got to be respectable.

Tom Robbins

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The truths are universal: Every kid knows fear. Every kid knows family and friendship. Loss, love, laughter. Everything else is just detail.

Jason Reynolds

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Having to stake out your identity and have people question whether or not you're being yourself was a tension that I could relate to.

Dee Rees

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The thing I loved about the cartoons I grew up with is, to this day, I'm still just starting to get certain references from Bugs Bunny cartoons. I'll see some film noir movie and go, 'Wait, that's what Bugs Bunny was quoting!' I like the idea we made the unfolding fortune cookie for ten years from now.

Christopher McCulloch

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I have suffered from being misunderstood, but I would have suffered a hell of a lot more if I had been understood.

Clarence Darrow

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A big ego means that you have some confidence in your abilities, really, and that you're prepared to take the risk of trying them out.

Brian Eno

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I studied computer science and graphic design, yeah, so music was self-taught and a backburner thing, an obsessive hobby.

Tycho

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The word war itself has a kind of glazing abstraction to it that conjures up bombs and bullets and so on, whereas my goal is to try to, so much as I can, capture the heart and the stomach and the back of the throat of readers who can lie in bed at night and participate in a story.

Tim O'Brien

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