#george r.r.

[jeyne-arryn]

Phia Saban gave a wrenching, powerful, heart-breaking performance as Helaena Targaryen, Aegon’s doomed, haunted queen and mother to his children.

George R.R. Martin - NOT A BLOG: Blood, Cheese, and Grief (July 5, 2024)

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You were made to be kissed, often and well.

George R.R. Martin, A Storm of Swords

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I know what it is to love so greatly you can think of nothing else.

George R.R. Martin, A Storm of Swords

[georgescitadel]

I often get the question, “How do you write women?” or “How do you write a dwarf?” Some of that can be resolved by research or talking to people. I had a correspondence with a fan when I was writing the first and second books, long ago, who was a paraplegic, paralyzed from the waist down, and he gave me a lot of valuable insight about how to write Bran and what it would be like. That kind of information from other people, you can never duplicate.

- George R.R. Martin, Ideas At The House (2013)

There are things we all go through, but there are experiences that I haven't had, and when I'm writing about one of those, I try to talk to people who have had that experience. When I first had Bran crippled by his fall from the tower, I had one fan who was paraplegic, and he and I exchanged a number of emails about what it was like to be paraplegic because I could try to imagine that, but I don't actually know it. When I wrote the scene where Sansa has her first period, I talked to a number of women and asked, “What was it like to have your first period? Was it scary? Was it nothing? Was it painful? Tell me about it!” I got about 16 different stories that varied very widely. People who have actually been in combat, I talk to before the combat scenes, and that too varies widely. That's sort of interesting, and, of course, I've read a lot about that. There are some experiences that only women have had in our society, and when I tackle them, I try to consult with women.

- George R.R. Martin, NIFFF Masterclass (2014)

You do have to research the things that can be researched, and sometimes that involves books; sometimes it actually involves talking to people. Those are the trickiest things, if it's a human experience. I'll give you a couple of examples from Game of Thrones. When Bran gets thrown out the window and paralyzed. I'm not paralyzed, I don't have any close friends who are paralyzed, but I wanted to try to get that as accurate as I could, so I did a fair amount of reading about that. I also had a couple of fans who corresponded with me through email about the problems of someone who was paralyzed from the waist down and what it would be like. I also have a scene where Sansa, who is engaged to Joffrey but hasn't flowered yet—hasn't had her first period—so she can't be married by the traditions of Westeros, then has it and is eligible, by medieval standards as well as the standards of Westeros, to be bedded and wedded and bred. Of course, she reacts to that with considerable panic. But I also wanted to know what it is like, and that led to a number of embarrassing conversations with women I knew about: “When did you have your first period? What was it like? Was it painful? Tell me about it!” What I discovered was a wide variety of different stories. It's not always the same thing, so I had to try to make sense of that and do something that had authentic truth to it. Hopefully, I did, but human experience is variable. No matter how much you research, there will be somebody out there who had a different experience, and then they'll write you an annoyed email saying, “You got that all wrong. You don't know anything about that.” Well… okay. But I tried.

- George R.R. Martin, Author Event Series: Featuring Marlon James (2019)

[stay-close]

Some old wounds never truly heal, and bleed again at the slightest word.

George R.R. Martin, A Game of Thrones

[franzkafkagf]

RHAENYRA AND AEGON; SIBLINGS AS MORTAL ENEMIES

unknown, house of the dragon, ethel cain, george r. r. martin, natalie diaz, leonard cohen, julio cortázar, sophocles, helen oyeyemi, genesis

[shisasan]

December is a bewitching month. The grey of cold teeters on the edge of becoming the most enchanting blue.

George R.R. Martin

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George R.R. Martin, from A Storm of Swords (A Song of Ice and Fire vol. III)

[thehopefulquotes]

Some old wounds never truly heal, and bleed again at the slightest word.

George R.R. Martin, A Game of Thrones

[perfectquote]

She wanted a storm to match her rage.

George R.R. Martin, A Feast for Crows

[hotdaemondtargaryen]

“Maybe I’m one of the few people in Hollywood who still thinks that when you adapt a work of art, a novel, a short story, you should do a faithful adaptation. [It] annoys me too much because they change things and I don’t think they generally improve them.”

GEORGE R.R. MARTIN — talking about the changes in adaptations of his own books.

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She wanted a storm to match her rage.

George R.R. Martin, A Feast for Crows

[thoughtkick]

You were made to be kissed, often and well.

George R.R. Martin, A Storm of Swords

[georgescitadel]

Interviewer: What inspired the Starks? The Stark family in A Game of Thrones was just marvelous!

George: Well, that's a difficult question to answer. I think, partially, I wanted to do a book about a family. I’ve written a lot of novels and I realize that for the most part, the heroes of those novels, the protagonists, are always loners. They're young people who are unattached, or they are older people who have never made attachments. Abner Marsh from Fevre Dream, is a loner, Dirk t'Larien, in Dying of the Light, is a loner. So I thought it would be interesting to tackle a family unit for once.

- George R.R. Martin, Elder Gods' Rave #14 Interview (1999)

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I know what it is to love so greatly you can think of nothing else.

George R.R. Martin

[resqectable]

You were made to be kissed, often and well.

George R.R. Martin, A Storm of Swords