Embassytown
A source page for quotes linked to China Mieville.
“Sometimes translation stops you understanding.”
“Ever since I was two, I've loved octopuses, monsters, abandoned buildings.”
“I remember vividly what it's like to read as a 10-year-old - that passionate inhabiting of a book.”
“I'd never been to a science-fiction convention until I became a professional writer.”
“London is an endless skirmish between angles and emptiness.”
“My job is not to try to give readers what they want but to try to make readers want what I give.”
“Socialism and SF are the two most fundamental influences in my life.”