On Gendry's proposal to Arya: "Gendry just got a bit excited, didn't he? He'd just been made a lord — he'd known for a while now where he's come from but the recognition of that by someone in authority has given him an ability to find a place in the world that I think he's been searching for his entire life. He just got a bit gassed and asked someone to marry him and she quite rightly told him where to go. What a stupid question! I think he knows deep down in his heart of hearts there is no way Arya will ever be anyone's lady."