George R. R. Martin Quotes
I tend to write one character at a time. But I don't write the entirety of one character at a time.
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There are so many songs in my heart and in my brain. I wake up at 2 in the morning, and I have to get up and sing them. There are so many of them, it's ridiculous.
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People think I look odd onstage. But the way I deal with being incredibly nervous is by concentrating really hard.
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As a writer, one is obliged to release her words, to let them live in the world on their own.
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Live every day as if it's going to be your last, and one day, you'll be right.
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The only difference between a good writer who publishes a book and a good writer who doesn't is that the writer who publishes actually finished her book.
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If everybody in this town connected with politics had to leave town because of chasing women and drinking, you would have no government.
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It may well be our brains are wired up to be slightly more optimistic than they should be.
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The gravest risks from al Qaeda combine its affinity for big targets and its announced desire for weapons of mass destruction.
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Happiness is knowing and appreciating what you've got. I am very, very, very grateful for what, to me, is dead easy.
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The only danger about websites, you know, is people who remember something you did or said thirty or forty years ago, and bring it up against you, so you're going for a job and you don't get it.
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I'm not a god - I do bad things.
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If we had this back, and in full measure; if society were infused by it, through and through, and men lived its life, and in its life, philosophy would take care of itself and the nature of our institutions would not matter.
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A lot of times people hide their quirks when they're first getting to know a person.
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I'm going to try to do music for the rest of my life, but that's just trying. Maybe it's not going to work out. Who knows?
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I've got that Beethoven energy, that Stravinsky energy. And it's all a gift from the Creator.
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I've got quite a vivid imagination and I'm easily overwhelmed by sensations and things that are beautiful or scary. I don't think I've ever seen a ghost - I think I'm probably haunted by my own ghosts than real ones.
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Joe Torre would tell you to make sure you can hit the ball on the outside part of the plate.
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I just like playing unique characters that I love.
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Many a time a man cannot be such as he would be, if circumstances do not admit of it.
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Every time I work on something, fun comes first. Whatever it is I think if you have fun doing it, the other things will follow. Albums sales or ranking on charts aren't important.
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I think most of the art now is involved with a denial of any kind of absolute morality, or general morality.
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I get strength from my art - all the paintings I own are powerful.
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If I ever go onstage at the Oscars, you can guarantee I'll be wearing my motorcycle boots.
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I tend to write one character at a time. But I don't write the entirety of one character at a time.
