You Have To Be Selfish To Be

Your Senses Are Reeling All The Time. Finally You Find Something To Write And The Very Next Day You Go Out And See Something Else Which Totally Contradicts What You've Written And Every Conclusion You've Come To.

There Is A Huge Fan Base, They're Very Knowledgeable And Very Loyal. I Was Astonished - Before I Started Working On The Series I Didn't Know Anything About Game Of Thrones. I Hadn't Heard Of The Books. When It Started Going Out, People Were Coming Up To Me In The Street Saying [fake Cockney Accent] "oh, Game Of Thrones, F------ Wonderful.

I Am Made Hand Of The King Which Gives Me An Enormous Amount Of Power, Which I Use Quite Ruthlessly - But Skilfully - And Dame Diana Rigg Joins Us [playing Political Mastermind The Queen Of Thorns] And We Have A Couple Of Really Good Sparring Moments.

I Have To Admit That I Haven't Read Any Of The Books [of George Martin's "game Of Thrones"] And I Don't Refer To Them. Apart From Anything Else They're Very Thick [in Size] And They Frighten Me. A Terrifying Prospect.

Power Is Always A Corrupting Influence. In This Mythical Time - Let's Call It Medieval, Feudal - People In Power Are Dictatorial And Don't Want Their Positions Of Power To Be Threatened.