George R.R. Martin

"Writing is like sausage making in my view; you'll all be happier in the end if you just eat the final product without knowing what's gone into it."

"Some writers enjoy writing, I am told. Not me. I enjoy having written."

"Sleep is good, he said, and books are better."

"It is one thing to be clever and another to be wise."

"I have lived a thousand lives and I’ve loved a thousand loves. I’ve walked on distant worlds and seen the end of time. Because I read."

"We all need to be mocked from time to time, lest we take ourselves too seriously."