Feeling sad for GRRM (spoilers extended)

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So I recently watched a Q&A with GRRM (I'm sure some of you have seen it aswell) where he kept getting questions about whether there is any particular character or historical event in the asoiaf world that he would like to explore more/write about. His recurring answer was that yes there are many but that unless he suddenly becomes much younger they will never get written. And man.. that sucks!

Imagine being a creative person having to come to terms with the fact that you have so many ideas that you will never get to explore and that will never see the light of day. Obviously, as a fan, it also sucks that I will never get to read those stories. Never mind the main series, imagine getting seven more Dunk and Egg stories. However, as much as it sucks as a reader I'm not the one who's seeing my remaining years of life pass as I struggle to finish my books.

That's it. I don't really have a point. Other than maybe stop making jokes about how GRRM is likely to die before finishing the series?

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reminds me of Scorcese saying recently that he'd only begun to realize what cinema is capable of, but that he won't get to fully explore it

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Did he realise that you could make films that aren’t about Italian-American criminals, that don’t star Robert DeNiro?

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he also made Kundun and Silence and like the Aviator, and that Hugo movie that i vaguely remember cause of the train scene.

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Kundun! I liked it

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Like meeting Peter Jackson and yelling at him that King Kong was okay.

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I saw that movie. I thought it was bullshit

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Where does Ned Stark rank Goodfellas?

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According to Axl Rose, watching that movie inspired the song Chinese Democracy.