[Note: This podcast discusses GRRM's journalism studies at Northwestern and football, primarily.]
[Note: This interview was originally recorded sometime in 2019, but was published in 2021. Show notes can be found here.]
[Note: This links to George's pre-recorded acceptance speech, and then to his convocation speech at the gradatuation event.]
[Note: This podcast is available only to subscribers to Sirius XM, but there is a free preview as well as trial. George R.R. Martin is interviewed for 38 minutes, as a bonus to the earlier interview. The interview is part of a series of interviews with others regarding the early history of comics fandom.]
[Note: This podcast is available only to subscribers to Sirius XM, but there is a free preview as well as trial. George R.R. Martin is interviewed around the 17-18 minute mark. The interview is part of a series of interviews with others regarding the early history of comics fandom.]
[Note: Artist Sam Hogg, who illustrated the 2021 A Song of Ice and Fire Calendar, responds to a query about Vhagar's and Arrax's colors as depicted in said calendar.]
I realised while researching that there wasn't any official mention of the colours, so I asked his team :) bronze with greenish blue highlights and bright green eyes.
— Sam Hogg (@Zephyri) January 16, 2021
Arrax was described as pearlescent white with yellow flame, golden eyes and a golden chest :)
— Sam Hogg (@Zephyri) January 16, 2021
[Note: A compilation of snippets of interviews James Hibberd used as part of compiling his book Fire Cannot Kill a Dragon. Some of them feature GRRM.]
[Note: The following links to an excerpt from James Hibberd's official oral history of the Game of Thrones series, titled Fire Cannot Kill a Dragon. GRRM is quoted concerning the filming of the original pilot, his role in it, the decision to reshoot it, and his discussions with Benioff and Weiss regarding Rickon Stark.
https://ew.com/tv/game-of-thrones-original-pilot-fire-cannot-kill-a-dragon-excerpt/
Sorry to inconvenience you. I'm a longtime fan of your book series, and I'm working on a character study for school. I recently came across a quotation that's been attributed to you, but unfortunately the original source is no longer available, and I wanted to confirm it's something you’ve actually said in the past. In 2014 at the Edinburgh Book Festival, multiple fans quoted you as saying that Brienne of Tarth is "Sansa with a sword," with regards to certain personality traits. Is that an accurate quotation?
I don't remember saying that, but it could be. It has been six years.