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China Mieville Quotes

Remember the movements that don’t look like moving Picture Quote #1

I don’t like allegory Picture Quote #1

Fantasy and science fiction can be literal as well as allegorical and there’s nothing wrong with enjoying a monster like a giant squid for what it is, as well as searching for metaphor Picture Quote #1

But I do think it’s important to remember that writers do not have a monopoly of wisdom on their books. They can be wrong about their own books, they can often learn about their own books Picture Quote #1

I feel fantastically geeky. [But] I’m not one of those people who’s enormously proud of being a geek, but nor am I particularly ashamed of it Picture Quote #1

No one ever got into science fiction for the sex or prestige. They got into it because they love it Picture Quote #1

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I’ll never be a minimalist. The fact that the prose is more tightly controlled doesn’t for a minute mean that it’s minimalist. I very much like arcane words and baroque sentence structure Picture Quote #1

Scars are not injuries, Tanner Sack. A scar is a healing. After injury, a scar is what makes you whole Picture Quote #1

In time, in time they tell me, I’ll not feel so bad. I don’t want time to heal me. There’s a reason I’m like this. I want time to set me ugly and knotted with loss of you, marking me. I won’t smooth you away. I can’t say goodbye Picture Quote #1

In the deepest places, where physical norms collapse under the crushing water, bodies still fall softly through the dark, days after their vessels have capsized. They decay on their long journey down. Nothing will hit the black sand at the bottom of the world but algae-covered bones Picture Quote #1

Geeks run the world. Condoleezza Rice is a geek, Bill Gates is clearly a geek, many of the big filmmakers and writers are geeks, lots of military people are geeks. Anyone who has heard Donald Rumsfeld talk about military hardware knows they are in the presence of a geek Picture Quote #1

I’ll tell you, I’ve never particularly been a ‘Trek’ person. I feel about ‘Trek’ the way one feels about known, vaguely liked, but rather distant members of one’s family Picture Quote #1

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In the field of fantastic fiction, the question of world-building is not uncontroversial. But I grew up with ‘Dungeons and Dragons,’ so that whole world-building thing is very close to my heart Picture Quote #1

Art is something you choose to make... it’s a bringing together of... of everything around you into something that makes you more human, more khepri, whatever. More of a person Picture Quote #1

But I do think it’s important to remember that writers do not have a monopoly of wisdom on their books. They can be wrong about their own books, they can often learn about their own books Picture Quote #1

I feel fantastically geeky. [But] I’m not one of those people who’s enormously proud of being a geek, but nor am I particularly ashamed of it Picture Quote #1

...where’s the skill in being a hero if you were always destined to do it? Picture Quote #1

My parents went through the dictionary looking for a beautiful name, nearly called me Banyan, flicked on a few pages and came to China, which is cockney rhyming slang for mate Picture Quote #1

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There’s something intrinsically radical about the fantastic aesthetic - starting from the premise that the impossible is true, attempting to undermine expectations Picture Quote #1

I always felt sorry for the sidekick as a kid. They never got their due and it left a very bad taste in the mouth - they are defined by a subordinate relationship to someone else. I always felt like a bit of sidekick when I was a kid and it didn’t feel fair Picture Quote #1

Kraken’ is a very undisciplined book. That’s a gamble. If it doesn’t come off, it’s disastrous. But there are pleasures, I think, to a meandering lack of discipline that you can’t get the other way, and vice versa Picture Quote #1

The dead are way more organized than the living Picture Quote #1

London is an endless skirmish between angles and emptiness Picture Quote #1

A scholar can never let mere wrongness get in the way of the theory Picture Quote #1

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So long as it fated, fate didn’t care what it fated Picture Quote #1

I’m a science fiction and fantasy geek Picture Quote #1

I think science fiction is very bad at prediction Picture Quote #1

I love it when people want to interpret my books Picture Quote #1

Ever since I was two, I’ve loved octopuses, monsters, abandoned buildings Picture Quote #1

I like the idea of trying to write a book in every genre Picture Quote #1

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Remember the movements that don’t look like moving (China Mieville Quotes) I don’t like allegory (China Mieville Quotes) Fantasy and science fiction can be literal as well as allegorical and there’s nothing wrong with enjoying a monster like a giant squid for what it is, as well as searching for metaphor. (China Mieville Quotes) But I do think it’s important to remember that writers do not have a monopoly of wisdom on their books. They can be wrong about their own books, they can often learn about their own books (China Mieville Quotes) I feel fantastically geeky. [But] I’m not one of those people who’s enormously proud of being a geek, but nor am I particularly ashamed of it (China Mieville Quotes) No one ever got into science fiction for the sex or prestige. They got into it because they love it (China Mieville Quotes) I’ll never be a minimalist. The fact that the prose is more tightly controlled doesn’t for a minute mean that it’s minimalist. I very much like arcane words and baroque sentence structure (China Mieville Quotes) Scars are not injuries, Tanner Sack. A scar is a healing. After injury, a scar is what makes you whole (China Mieville Quotes) In time, in time they tell me, I’ll not feel so bad. I don’t want time to heal me. There’s a reason I’m like this. I want time to set me ugly and knotted with loss of you, marking me. I won’t smooth you away. I can’t say goodbye (China Mieville Quotes) In the deepest places, where physical norms collapse under the crushing water, bodies still fall softly through the dark, days after their vessels have capsized. They decay on their long journey down. Nothing will hit the black sand at the bottom of the world but algae-covered bones (China Mieville Quotes) Geeks run the world. Condoleezza Rice is a geek, Bill Gates is clearly a geek, many of the big filmmakers and writers are geeks, lots of military people are geeks. Anyone who has heard Donald Rumsfeld talk about military hardware knows they are in the presence of a geek (China Mieville Quotes) I’ll tell you, I’ve never particularly been a ‘Trek’ person. I feel about ‘Trek’ the way one feels about known, vaguely liked, but rather distant members of one’s family (China Mieville Quotes) In the field of fantastic fiction, the question of world-building is not uncontroversial. But I grew up with ‘Dungeons and Dragons,’ so that whole world-building thing is very close to my heart (China Mieville Quotes) Art is something you choose to make... it’s a bringing together of... of everything around you into something that makes you more human, more khepri, whatever. More of a person. (China Mieville Quotes) But I do think it’s important to remember that writers do not have a monopoly of wisdom on their books. They can be wrong about their own books, they can often learn about their own books. (China Mieville Quotes) I feel fantastically geeky. [But] I’m not one of those people who’s enormously proud of being a geek, but nor am I particularly ashamed of it. (China Mieville Quotes) ...where’s the skill in being a hero if you were always destined to do it? (China Mieville Quotes) My parents went through the dictionary looking for a beautiful name, nearly called me Banyan, flicked on a few pages and came to China, which is cockney rhyming slang for mate. (China Mieville Quotes) There’s something intrinsically radical about the fantastic aesthetic - starting from the premise that the impossible is true, attempting to undermine expectations. (China Mieville Quotes) I always felt sorry for the sidekick as a kid. They never got their due and it left a very bad taste in the mouth - they are defined by a subordinate relationship to someone else. I always felt like a bit of sidekick when I was a kid and it didn’t feel fair (China Mieville Quotes) Kraken’ is a very undisciplined book. That’s a gamble. If it doesn’t come off, it’s disastrous. But there are pleasures, I think, to a meandering lack of discipline that you can’t get the other way, and vice versa (China Mieville Quotes) The dead are way more organized than the living (China Mieville Quotes) London is an endless skirmish between angles and emptiness (China Mieville Quotes) A scholar can never let mere wrongness get in the way of the theory (China Mieville Quotes) So long as it fated, fate didn’t care what it fated (China Mieville Quotes) I’m a science fiction and fantasy geek (China Mieville Quotes) I think science fiction is very bad at prediction (China Mieville Quotes) I love it when people want to interpret my books (China Mieville Quotes) Ever since I was two, I’ve loved octopuses, monsters, abandoned buildings (China Mieville Quotes) I like the idea of trying to write a book in every genre (China Mieville Quotes)

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