Jon Lied ... Loudly, As

Ofttimes A Very Small Man Can Cast A Very Large Shadow. Tyrion Smiled. Lord Varys, I Am Growing Strangely Fond Of You. I May Kill You Yet, But I Think I'd Feel Sad About It. I Will Take That As High Praise.

Remember Old Nan's Stories, Bran. Remember The Way She Told Them, The Sound Of Her Voice. So Long As You Do That, Part Of Her Will Always Be Alive In You.

I Always Give My Students Exercises Where They Really Have To Open A Vein And Bleed All Over The Paper And That's The Way You Get The Important Characters. Sooner Or Later Every Writer Worth Reading Writes A Story His Mother Wouldn't Read And Having To Get That Stuff Out Is Part Of One's Growth As A Writer.

I Prefer To Work With Grey Characters Rather Than Black And White.

I'm A Huge Fan Of Tolkien. I Read Those Books When I Was In Junior High School And High School, And They Had A Profound Effect On Me. I'd Read Other Fantasy Before, But None Of Them That I Loved Like Tolkien.