Although "Game of Thrones" creator George R.R. Martin is taking his time finishing up the series of novels to "A Song of Ice and Fire" he insists that he knows how it will all end.
As fans were forced to say goodbye to the HBO series "Game of Thrones" season 4 on June 15th, they are anxious to know the fate of their favorite characters which proves difficult seeing as the futures of the fictional characters or lack there of are still being written.
Martin is a notoriously slow writer and with Bran's storyline inching closer to meeting up with "A Dance with Dragons," His fifth novel "The Winds of Winter" will need to be finished sooner rather than later.
During a chat with Hollywood Life, the author admitted that sometimes he wishes he had completed the books before the show started.
George R.R. Martin said, "I wish that all the time! (Laughter) That would be so good. I am laying track for a locomotive and its coming up very fast and in full speed. I look behind me and I can see the smoke, so I better lay that track..."
Despite the path that the HBO series "Game of Thrones" is heading down the writer revealed that he stays true to the novel rather than adjusting his writing to what is happening on the show.
He explained, "There is a temptation, but I resist the temptation. I began this series in 1991 ... and I knew where I was going. It would be a very foolish mistake to change my destination and to rewrite on the fly because of anything that happens with the TV show.
"I love the TV show and I write one episode a year and I am one of the executive producers, which is two different animals. The books are the books and the TV show is the TV show; you can't get them confused..."
We all know that the "Game of Thrones" must come to an end at some point but Martin admitted that he wouldn't be opposed to the end being broadcasted on the big screen.
He confessed, "I am good either way. There is something to say about ending it with a large feature film.
"Or maybe even a couple of feature films. It may be necessary to do it that way; I am still writing these last two books, and book six starts with two simultaneous gigantic battles that will dwarf what we did with Blackwater, so, how will they do it? Maybe with a feature film budget."
When asked if he knows the ending when it comes to the "Game of Thrones" series which would mean the completion of "A Dream of Spring" he said, "Yes I do, since 1991. I have it."