Literary Birthday – 20 September – George R.R. Martin
Happy Birthday, George R. R. Martin, born on 20 September 1948.
George R.R. Martin Quotes
- A reader lives a thousand lives before he dies. The man who never reads lives only one.
- A mind needs books as a sword needs a whetstone, if it is to keep its edge.
- Sleep is good, he said, And books are better.
- People often claim to hunger for truth, but seldom like the taste when it’s served up.
- Give me honourable enemies rather than ambitious ones, and I’ll sleep more easily by night.
- Summer will end soon enough, and childhood as well.
- Some writers enjoy writing, I am told. Not me. I enjoy having written.
- Crowns do queer things to the heads beneath them.
- There is no creature on earth half so terrifying as a truly just man.
- The man who passes the sentence should swing the sword. If you would take a man’s life, you owe it to him to look into his eyes and hear his final words. And if you cannot bear to do that, then perhaps the man does not deserve to die.
Read: George R. R. Martin’s Writing Advice
George R. R. Martin is an American fantasy author and screenwriter who became a full-time writer in 1979. From 1978 to 1979, he was writer-in-residence at Clarke College. Martin began working in television in the 1980s. In 1986, he joined CBS Television as a story editor for The Twilight Zone. The following year, he became an executive story consultant for Beauty and the Beast. Martin is best known for his epic fantasy series A Song of Ice and Fire, which began with A Game of Thrones. The series was adapted for television as Game of Thrones. Martin’s work blends fantasy with a darker realism and often challenges traditional genre conventions. His stories explore political intrigue, power, warfare, loyalty, and the brutal consequences of ambition, with even sympathetic characters facing unexpected and sometimes violent ends. Follow him on Facebook.
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