George R. R. Martin Quotes

Very few artists are as independent as I am mentally, physically, spiritually and technically. I sit in my home studio and record things by myself. I don't need to get anybody's approval or validation.

My primary lesson, however, was that I'm a solo writer, happiest when I'm making all the executive decisions. I've always been willing to rise or fall on my own merits.

When you're in the car, how well you do is down to you and you alone-no band, no management, no marketing.

I didn't come to Hollywood to be subservient to anyone else's vision.

Mama was a country woman with a whole lot of common sense. She understood what most of our neighbors didn't - that I shouldn't grow dependent on anyone except myself. 'One of these days, I ain't gonna be here,' she kept hammering inside my head.

I am a good, strong word giver; I am a jealous guard of my own secrets. Freedom is the rule; I am hungry for one good thing I can do.

The divine is God's concern; the human, man's. My concern is neither the divine nor the human, not the true, good, just, free, etc., but solely what is 'mine,' and it is not a general one, but is - 'unique,' as I am unique. Nothing is more to me than myself!

It is folly for a man to pray to the gods for that which he has the power to obtain by himself.

The good thing about flying solo is it's never boring.

Do not rely completely on any other human being, however dear. We meet all life's greatest tests alone.

I won't work on anyone's else's script. I won't write for anyone else. I write my own stuff and make that when the time is right.

You have to hold your bloody own or you're lost.

You make your own path as an actor. Nobody does it for you, so you have to invent yourself.

Foundational autonomy asserts instead that in the most fundamental practical sense, I am my own creator, which means that at the core, I am alone.

It's never been a point of reference to look to a man. It's not always a good thing, I suppose, but I think independence is always preferable to dependence.

No one can build his security upon the nobleness of another person.

I am responsible for no one but myself.

The truth is that since childhood I had cultivated an existential independence. It came from perceiving the adults around me as unreliable, and without it I felt I wouldn't have survived. I cared deeply for everyone in my family, but in the end I depended on myself.

I want my readers to find their own way.

I will be making films, and I'm going to keep working, no matter what I have to do. And I don't plan to ever ask for permission from anybody.

I didn't want to start relying on what someone else thought was right. It was easier to go away all together.

No, I think it taught me to be independent and never expect a handout and never wait for anybody to hand you anything in any aspect of my life.

I had a job when I was 10. I started living on my own when I was 17 or 18. I've earned my own money; I've traveled the world. What would I rebel against?

My philosophy is, unless you're sick and need help, why bother?

I don't think of myself as a poor deprived ghetto girl who made good. I think of myself as somebody who from an early age knew I was responsible for myself, and I had to make good.