George R.R. Martin Doesn't Think Game of Thrones Was 'Very Good' For His Writing Process | Mental Floss

In a rare interview with the Observer, Martin said that the TV show had not been "very good" for him and admitted that he found it being over "freeing". He still has two more novels of the fantasy saga to write, but insisted their endings would be unaffected by the controversy over the show's ending.

"No, it doesn't. It doesn't change anything at all ... You can't please everybody, so you've got to please yourself," he said.

Martin published A Game of Thrones, the first in a planned seven-part series called A Song of Ice and Fire, in 1996. It was adapted by HBO for broadcast in 2011. Thanks to the combined success of his books and the show across the world, Martin, 70, is estimated to be worth $65m (£54m). But, he said, his increasing fame had made writing difficult.