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George R. R. Martin Quotes
George R. R. Martin
American
Author
Born:
Sep 20
,
1948
Been
Book
Fantasy
Me
Writing
You
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I think in television and film, it's not usually the child's point of view. It's the story of an adult. If there's a child in a drama or an action-adventure movie, they're someone who needs to be saved, someone who needs to be protected, or if they're killed, someone who needs to be avenged. Their character doesn't matter much.
George R. R. Martin
Needs
Character
Matter
Think
Saved
Drama
Television
Someone
Point
Point Of View
Adult
Protected
Child
Movie
Story
Much
View
Who
Film
Yes - 90% of fantasy is crap. And so is 90% of science fiction and 90% of mystery fiction and 90% of literary fiction.
George R. R. Martin
Science
Mystery
Science Fiction
Yes
Fiction
Crap
Literary
Literary Fiction
Fantasy
I worked out of Hollywood for 10 years and I had my heart broken half a dozen times, so I know all the things that can go wrong.
George R. R. Martin
Broken
Heart
Half
Out
Had
Wrong
Know
Go
Years
Heart Broken
Times
Hollywood
Worked
Dozen
Things
Many writers will get a contract by selling chapters and outlines or something like that. I wrote the entire novel, and when it was all finished, I would give it to my agent and say, 'Well, here's a novel; sell it if you can.' And they would do that, and it was good because I never had anyone looking over my shoulder.
George R. R. Martin
Good
You
Will
Finished
Looking
Chapters
Say
Would
Entire
Give
Something
Outlines
Writers
Never
Had
Over
Like
Wrote
Well
Because
Contract
Sell
Selling
Get
Anyone
Agent
Shoulder
Many
Novel
Here
Whenever I switch from one character to another, there's always a few days where I really struggle because I'm changing voices and I'm changing ways of looking at the world. I'm not just flicking a switch; it's harder process than that.
George R. R. Martin
Character
Struggle
World
Looking
Few
Changing
Ways
Voices
Days
Another
Because
Always
Than
Just
Whenever
Where
Process
Really
Switch
Harder
When the writing is going really well, whole days and weeks go by, and I suddenly realise I have all these unpaid bills and, my God, I haven't unpacked, and the suitcase has been sitting there for three weeks.
George R. R. Martin
God
Writing
Three
Suitcase
Has-Been
Unpaid
Weeks
Days
Well
Go
Been
Sitting
Going
Realise
Really
Bills
Whole
Suddenly
Unfortunately in television, for whatever reason, fantasy became thought of as a kids' genre.
George R. R. Martin
Thought
Whatever
Television
Kids
Genre
Became
Unfortunately
Fantasy
Reason
I've been many kinds of writers in my career: novelist; tele-playwright; short story writer. As a high-school student, I wrote amateur pieces for fanzines, and I've written for Hollywood.
George R. R. Martin
Kinds
Student
Writer
Writers
Written
Pieces
Wrote
Amateur
Been
Short
Short Story
Story
Hollywood
Many
Novelist
Career
I grew up with four T.V. channels. If you missed a show, you missed it. You gotta wait a week for the next one. I'd mail-order books: take a quarter, get an envelope, send off for it and wait until it arrived. I grew up waiting for things.
George R. R. Martin
You
Waiting
Wait
Channels
Books
Week
Take
Envelope
Missed
Until
Gotta
Quarter
Arrived
Off
Up
Get
Send
Grew
Next
Show
Things
Four
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