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Quote by Guy Gavriel Kay

“A hand fought best when it made a fist.”

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Guy Gavriel Kay is a renowned Canadian fantasy author, born on November 7, 1954. His works are celebrated for their rich imagination and profound cultural depth, enjoying great popularity among readers. more

“The best writing advice I had was [in] ‘Heinlein’s Rules for Writers’ by (American science fiction author) Robert A. Heinlein. His first rule is that you must write, and I was already doing that, but his second rule is, ‘You must finish what you write,’ and that had a big impact on me.”

Writing Firsts Bigs Fiction Advice Impact Science Fiction Writing Advice Big Impact Robert Heinlein

Author:George R. R. Martin

“I had these cheap alien toys and I made up stories for them. They were space pirates. They didn’t have names so I made up names. These were the first stories I wrote. Even as a little kid I was thinking about torture.”

Thinking Firsts Littles Made Stories Kids Names Space Aliens Torture Toys Little Kid Pirate Made Up Stories

Author:George R. R. Martin

“It was a story called ‘The Hero’ which I sold to Galaxy magazine in 1970, for $94.”

Stories Hero Magazines Galaxy

Author:George R. R. Martin

“It’s being ready to accept rejection. You can work on a book for two years and get it published, and it’s like you may as well have thrown it down a well. It’s not all champagne and doing interviews with The New York Times.”

Years Wells May Two Book Accepting New York Ready Like You Rejection Interviews Thrown Two Years New York Times Champagne

Author:George R. R. Martin

“The way my books are structured, everyone was together, then they all went their separate ways and the story deltas out like that, and now it’s getting to the point where the story is beginning to delta back in, and the viewpoint characters are occasionally meeting up with each other now and being in the same point at the same time, which gives me a lot more flexibility for killing people.”

People Way Giving Book Character Stories Together Give Me Meetings Killing Flexibility Viewpoints Delta Separate Ways

Author:George R. R. Martin

“There’s part of me that loves words. But sometimes it feels like you’re trying to drive nails with your shoe.”

Feels Trying Sometimes Like You Shoes Nails

Author:George R. R. Martin

“I could have written a story about a well-adjusted family. Ned Stark comes down to King’s Landing and takes over and solves all their problems. Would that have been as exciting?”

Wells Has Beens Stories Problem Written Kings Exciting Solve Landing Starks

Author:George R. R. Martin

“Reading. That was the sport I was good at.”

Reading Sports

Author:George R. R. Martin

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