George R. R. Martin

Born 1948 · Novelist and screenwriter

George R. R. Martin is the author of A Song of Ice and Fire and has also worked as a television writer and producer. His official biography describes early magazine fiction, work on The Twilight Zone and Beauty and the Beast, and a transition to full-time writing in 1979. His career spans prose fantasy and screen storytelling, the background relevant to this remark about artistic decisions.

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“Art is not a democracy. People don't get to vote on how it ends”

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