China Mieville Quotes & Sayings
28 most famous China Mieville quotes and sayings (writer). These are the first 10 quotes we have.
“I think science fiction is very bad at prediction.”
“A lot of geeks are pale, bespectacled, wear dark clothing and don't get out much - the stereotype exists because it is very often true. I could pass for a non-geek but it would be inaccurate.”
“Ever since I was two, I've loved octopuses, monsters, abandoned buildings.”
“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.”
“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.”
“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.”
“Fantastic fiction covers fantasy, horror and science fiction - and it doesn't get the attention it deserves from the literati.”
“I don't like allegory.”
“I love monsters.”
“There's plenty of stuff that I don't feel dissident about: I really like tea, I don't have any problem with that. I like lots of paintings.”
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