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I was a journalism major, and ...

I was a journalism major, and I would take creative writing classes as part of that, but I would also look for opportunities to write stories for some of my other classes. So for my course in Scandinavian history, I asked if I could write historical fiction instead of term papers. Sometimes they'd say yes.

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Names are hard. I have a libra...

Names are hard. I have a library of What to Name Your Baby books, and I'm always picking up new books, and books of baby names from other countries. I like cool-sounding names.

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A lot of fantasy names are too...

A lot of fantasy names are too much. They're too difficult to pronounce. I wanted the flavour of medieval England. I took actual names we still use today, like 'Robert', and in some case I tweaked them a little bit. I made 'Edward' into 'Eddard'. If you look back at medieval times, no one knew how to spell their own names. There are a lot of variations that we've lost.

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I do know what's been useless ...

I do know what's been useless to me is the online fantasy name generators. I've tried those a few times, and they say, 'Just hit this button and we'll generate 50 fantasy names,' and they all turn out to be 'Grisknuckle'.

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Wizards die the same as other ...

Wizards die the same as other men, once you cut their heads off.

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There's an old writing rule th...

There's an old writing rule that says 'Don't have two character names start with the same letter', but I knew at the beginning that I was going to have more than 26 characters, so I was in trouble there. Ultimately it comes down to what sounds right. And I struggle with that, finding the right name for a character. If I can't find the right name I don't know who the character is and I can't proceed.

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A man who fights for coin is l...

A man who fights for coin is loyal only to his purse.

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I'd be anonymous. That's what ...

I'd be anonymous. That's what I'd do differently.

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When the sun rises in the west...

When the sun rises in the west and sets in the east,' she said sadly. 'When the seas go dry and mountains blow in the wind like leaves. When my womb quickens again, and I bear a living child. Then you will return, my sun-and-stars, and not before.' -Daenerys Targaryen

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Women do not forget. Women do ...

Women do not forget. Women do not forgive.

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I am the blood of the dragon. ...

I am the blood of the dragon. Do not presume to teach me lessons.

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An honest kiss, a little kindn...

An honest kiss, a little kindness, everyone deserves that much, however big or small.

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Make no mistake, dwarf. I foug...

Make no mistake, dwarf. I fought for you, but I do not love you'' ''It was your blade I needed'' Tyrion said, ''not your love.

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What I was trying to convey th...

What I was trying to convey there was the kind of waste land that was left after the war. It was a bit like one always thinks of war, you know, stark scenery and no birds, no trees, no leaves, nothing living. And just emptiness.

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I work for two years on a book...

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?

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The odd thing about being a wr...

The odd thing about being a writer is you do tend to lose yourself in your books. Sometimes it seems like real life is flickering by and you're hardly a part of it. You remember the events in your books better than you remember the events that actually took place when you were writing them.

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Nobody is a villain in their o...

Nobody is a villain in their own story. We're all the heroes of our own stories.

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Of course it's not enough to b...

Of course it's not enough to be a good man to be an effective ruler and it never has been.

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An awful lot of fantasy, and e...

An awful lot of fantasy, and even some great fantasy, falls into the mistake of assuming that a good man will be a good king, that all that is necessary is to be a decent human being and when you're king everything will go swimmingly.

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A lot of writing takes place i...

A lot of writing takes place in the subconscious, and it's bound to have an effect.

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Актеры — люди творческие, но кто бы мог подумать, что некоторые из них скрывают прекрасный голос. В эпоху раннего Голливуда актеров с музыкальными способностями было немало — это считалось скорее норм...

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Расскажем, как сложилась судьба актеров, которые начинали сниматься еще в детстве.
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Два года назад отечественное телевидение столкнулось с беспрецедентной кадровой тектоникой — целая группа ярких и узнаваемых ведущих стремительно исчезла с экранов федеральных каналов. Эти лица долгие...

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Кира Найтли на страницах журнала к выходу фильма «Пиджак», 2005. Следы динозавра, раскопанные в русле реки Палакси. Техас. США. 1952г. Самая большая женщина рядом с самым маленьким мужчиной, 1922 год....