George R. R. Martin

The success that the Tolkien books had redefined modern fantasy. ”

I work for two years on a book and it comes out and two days later I've got my first e-mail: When is the next one coming out? ”

I prefer to work with grey characters rather than black and white. ”

Writing is hard. I mean, I sit there and work at it. ”

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. ”