i don't have any dragons in mind, although george rr martin has done very well with them.'s a bit of magic in this book. it's not harry potter magic in the sense that lives aren't governed by it, but it's very much there. there's a kind of superstition that becomes real. yes. the point about it really is i wanted to have as few constraints as possible. an awful lot of stories, at their heart, about characters making some discovery about themselves and i wanted to use magic to bring those discoveries about. i wanted characters to be able to move on and through various devices and then bring them all together at the end. we are talking about a city whose great era is passed. i mean, it's a bit like venice with the empire gone. yes, they're worn out. it's all worn out. tired. and there is an unhappy figure on the throne. this is a very familiar setting, in a way, for an historical novelist. a miserable young man and various families all struggling for power. to some extent there's always that basis in reality. you can't simply have, i don't know, walls disappearing in the mid

we need george rr martin to finish that next one set. >> have you had that conversation with him? and told him to get it right and he hung up on me. now i think i might go to his house, bust on the door and say, bro, finish those books for hbo f's up your vision. excuse you? >> what you said was inflammatory to a people all over the country. >> first off, the books are always better and the only thing inflammatory in this room is your goatee, dan. you can zoom on that guys goatee. the lady from nbc agrees with me. its rent is. last question. >> talk to me about your plan is basically being flaunted by many countries around the world. >> ma'am, i wasn't fishing for compliments but yes, i'm in demand around the world. i like my job here so i leave it so that guy gets a shave. there goes that man, i'm out. [applause] five nicely done, tyrus. greg: tyrus, how should the media handle donald trump? >> just keep doing what they're doing. here's the thing, going back to the cnn thing. we personally, i think it's wrong to record anybody without their permission. greg: right. >> i'm dead ag

i don't have any dragons in mind, although george rr martin has done very well with them.here's a kind of superstition that becomes real. yes. the point about it really is i wanted to have as few constraints as possible. an awful lot of stories, at their heart, about characters making some discovery about themselves and i wanted to use magic to bring those discoveries about. i wanted characters to be able to move on and through various devices and then bring them all together at the end. we are talking about a city whose great era is passed. i mean, it's a bit like venice with the empire gone. yes, they're worn out. it's all worn out. tired. and there is an unhappy figure on the throne. this is a very familiar setting, in a way, for an historical novelist. a miserable young man and various families all struggling for power. to some extent there's always that basis in reality. you can't simply have, i don't know, walls disappearing in the middle of a scene. you have to have it as real as possible and then add that extra element that i've always fantasised about myself, whic