China Mieville Quotes & Sayings (Page 2)
China Mieville quotes and sayings page 2 (writer). Here's quote # 11 through 20 out of the 28 we have.
“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.”
“Well I don't feel sectarian against sparseness, although I sometimes get a little chippy about this. I resent the way that a certain notion of parsimony has become the norm for skilful literary writing.”
“'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.”
“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.”
“I remember vividly what it's like to read as a 10-year-old - that passionate inhabiting of a book.”
“I think there's something quite interesting about the almost tragic quality of a lot of overwrought prose, because it has a much more self-conscious awareness of its own failure to touch the real.”
“I like the idea of trying to write a book in every genre.”
“I love it when people want to interpret my books.”
“I'd never been to a science-fiction convention until I became a professional writer.”
“I'm a science fiction and fantasy geek.”
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