231 Quotes by China Miéville

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.

While yes we can both agree the sudden recovery of this footage smells not a little, and that we appear to be bits of tinfoil-on-string to some malevolent government kitten, yes yes yes but, Borlu, however they’ve come by this evidence, this is the correct decision.

Books are always obviously having conversations with other books, and some times they’re amiable and sometimes not.

I’d never understood the injunction not to regret anything, couldn’t see how that wasn’t cowardice...

I’d never been to a science-fiction convention until I became a professional writer.

What I always try to do in all my books is to make the stories such that if you don’t agree with me politically or you’re not interested in the thematics, the story will still keep you turning the pages.

Personally I don’t like it when writers become excessively proscriptive about the way that people read their books.

For every action, there’s an infinity of outcomes. Countless trillions are possible, many milliards are likely, millions might be considered probable, several occur as possibilities to us as observers – and one comes true.

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.