- An interviewer once commented on George R. R. Martin's female characters being individual and realistic and then asked "Where do you think that comes from?" Sounding a little puzzled, George R. R. Martin replied, "Well, I've always thought of women as people.".
- Stated at the 2011 San Diego Comic Convention that his favorite character in "A Song of Ice and Fire" is Tyrion Lannister.
- In the very first Comic-Con that was conducted in New York city in 1964, George was the very first person who signed up to enter the convention.
- Does all of his writing on a DOS word processor using WordStar 4.0, a program released in 1987.
- He owns the first issues of "The Amazing Spider-man" and "Fantastic Four".
- He is known to write his books in his own leisurely pace, often testing the limits of his fans' patience. In a few instances where fans kept pressing him for the release date of his next book, he inquired about their favorite character, and threatened to kill off that particular character if they kept harassing him.
- Lives in the same Santa Fe house he's resided in since the 1970s, and bought a second house on the same street to function as his office and library.
- Collects comic books.
- When the world-renowned English record producer George Martin died, some George R. R. Martin fans panicked and thought he had died. He had to make an announcement that he was still alive.
- His fantasy series "A Song of Ice and Fire" is set to be adapted as a television series by Home Box Office (the first one being Game of Thrones (2011)), with each novel (most of which are over 1,000 pages) being produced as an entire season.
- He has Irish, and smaller amounts of English, German, and French-Canadian, ancestry. For most of his life, he believed that his paternal grandfather, Louis Joseph Martin, an Italian emigrant, from Naples, who had changed his name from Luigi Mazzuoccolo, was his biological grandfather. When appearing on the show Finding Your Roots with Henry Louis Gates, Jr. (2012), George undertook a DNA test and discovered that his biological paternal grandfather was actually a different man, who was Ashkenazi Jewish.
- The first science fiction book he ever read was "Have Space Suit - Will Travel" (1958) by Robert A. Heinlein. Among other authors on his favorite reads are Robert E. Howard ("Conan" series), J.R.R. Tolkien, with whom he shares the same middle initials.
- Enjoys role-playing games.
- Wrote the teleplay of The Twilight Zone (1985) episode "Last Defender of Camelot," which written by his friend Roger Zelazny.
- Lives in New Mexico.
- His short story "The Way of Cross and Dragon" won a 1980 Hugo Award.
- His novelette "Sandkings" won a 1980 Hugo Award.
- He is spoofed by Trey Parker on the South Park (1997) episodes titled 'A Song of Ass and Fire' and 'Titties and Dragons'.
- Mentioned in the song "George RR Martin please write and write faster" by Paul & Storm.
- Only did television work for 10 years before he returned to his novels. He did not like that control ultimately belonged to the network rather than the writers. He preferred writing books as he has complete control over the story without having to worry about pleasing a network or studio.
- His second middle name, Richard, is his confirmation name he adopted at age 13.
- Lifelong supporter of The Democratic party.
- Editor of the Wild Cards shared world series.
- He was inducted the 2018 New Jersey Hall of Fame in the Arts and Letters category.
- Close friend of the late author Roger Zelazny.
- Is a close friend of fellow screenwriter Melinda Snodgrass.
- He was a conscientious objector during the Vietnam War.
- Born on exactly the same date as Joanna Cameron, who played the title role in Filmation's "Secrets of Isis".
- Father was a longshoreman.
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