George R. R. Martin Quotes

It doesn't matter what people call you unless they call you pigeon pie and eat you up.

I was at a point where I was ready to say I am what I am because of what I am and if you like me I'm grateful, and if you don't, what am I going to do about it?

I see my daft surname as a positive thing. It first dawned on me that I had a comical name when someone called me 'Fishface' on my first day at school. I've heard all the fish jokes since then, many times over.

Even when I was in high school and the Navy, I was the guy who could rip somebody, and they'd laugh at it.

I am what I am. A fighter.

I see them turn around to get a second look. You hear a lot of people laugh at you. So what? I used to get upset about it, but not anymore. You know, laugh all you can.

My roots allow me to let go of the fear of failure.

I don't care if someone calls me names.

Well, you've got to learn how to make fun of yourself - you know what I mean?

I was used to football supporters hammering me and I thought my name was Graham Potter-Boo at one point.

The wilderness rescued me. I have been shaped by my experiences in the great outdoors. Feeling comfortable in the wild gave me the confidence to be who I am, not who others want me to be.

Once you really know yourself, can't nobody tell you nothing about you.

I know who I am. And after all these years, there's a victory in that.

It's my real name. My mother's name is Rose Rock. It was the worst name as a kid to have. They called me Piece of the Rock, Plymouth Rock, Joe Rockid, and Flintstones. Now they call me Mister Rock.

My last name is Szekely. Sounds like Saykay. When I was a little kid I had an instructor in camp who called me Shnizneckely. He would make fun of my name and it hurt my feelings because I was a little pussy and I cried. He said, 'Well, how do you say it?' I said, Seekay. So he wrote 'C.K' on my jersey and everything. He made my name 'C.K' and I just stuck with it.

Never forget what you are, for surely the world will not. Make it your strength. Then it can never be your weakness. Armour yourself in it, and it will never be used to hurt you.

Perhaps one of the most important lessons that I continue to have reinforced is to always have faith and believe in yourself. To never lose sight of who you are and to know yourself.

Be strong, know who you are, no be shame, stand up, e ala e.

I always introduce myself as an encyclopedia of defects which I do not deny. Why should I? It took me a whole life to build myself as I am.

So does being cool mean you get to go around calling other people names?

My hands are small, but they're not yours, they are my own... I am never broken.

Find yourself for courage and confidence are as easy as breathing to the person who really knows who he is.

When you can laugh at yourself no one can ever make a fool of you.

... when your name is really and truly Percy Blakeney, pronounced 'Black-knee', and you still have bad acne in your twenties, you accept Pimple as a nickname and are grateful that it wasn't anything worse.

You reach a point in life where you realize that you might as well do what you need to do, because your being loved or not being loved is really a function of the people you encounter and not of yourself. That is an immensely liberating insight.