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I know some writers can write on the road, but I'm not one of them.

There is magic in my universe, but it's pretty low magic compared to other fantasies.

You can have the power to destroy, but it doesn't give you the power to reform, or improve, or build.

I was a novelist first. But in the mid-'80s, I did work in television for ten years. And yes, that was frequently the reaction to my scripts. People would say, 'You know, George, this is great. We love it, a terrific script, but it would cost five times our budget to shoot this.'

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I have done a lot of work in Hollywood myself. I worked in television for roughly 10 years, from the mid-'80s to mid-'90s. And I was on staff at a couple of shows. I did some feature films, including originals and adaptations.

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I have always been a dark writer.

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I have an instinctual distrust of conventional happy endings.

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Don't write outlines; I hate outlines.

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I have a huge emotional attachment to characters I've created, especially the viewpoint characters.

From George R. R. Martin

When I'm writing from a character's viewpoint, in essence I become that character; I share their thoughts, I see the world through their eyes and try to feel everything they feel.

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