Quotessence
Home / Authors / China Mieville
China Mieville

China Mieville Quotes

Author

Filter quotes by topic

AllBookFictionIfsScience FictionWayFantasyPeopleThinkingWritingFeelsStoriesWorldLittlesLongTryingFantasticGeekHorrorKnowsMonsters

Famous China Mieville Quotes

“When I'm writing a book, generally I start with the mood and setting, along with a couple of specific images—things that have come into my head, totally abstracted from any narrative, that I've fixated on. After that, I construct a world, or an area, into which that general setting, that atmosphere, and the specific images I've focused on can fit.”

WorldWritingBookCoupleFitAreasFocusedMoodSettingSettingsNarrativeAtmosphereConstructsWriting A Book
Author:China Mieville
Create image

“When I write my novels, I'm not writing them to make political points. I'm writing them because I passionately love monsters and the weird and horror stories and strange situations and surrealism, and what I want to do is communicate that. But, because I come at this with a political perspective, the world that I'm creating is embedded with many of the concerns that I have. But I never let them get in the way of the monsters.”

WorldWayWantWritingStoriesPoliticalSituationNovelStrangePerspectiveHorrorCreatingConcernCommunicateMonstersEmbeddedSurrealismHorror Stories
Author:China Mieville
Create image

“Someone came in all Starfleet badges today. Not on my shift, sadly.' 'Fascist,' Leon had said. 'Why are you so prejudiced against nerds?' 'Please,' Billy said. 'That would be a bit self-hating, wouldn't it?' 'Yeah, but you pass. You're like, you're in deep cover,' Leon said. 'You can sneak out of the nerd ghetto and hide the badge and bring back food and clothes and word of the outside world.”

WorldSaidSelfWould BeTodayHateBitsLike YouPleaseClothesYeahNerdGhettoFascistsOutside WorldSneakBadgesLeon
Author:China Mieville
Create image