Like any dissidents they were neurotic archivists. Agree, disagree, show no interest in or obsess over their narrative of history, you couldn't say their didn't shore it up with footnotes and research.

— China Miéville

Loads of children read books about dinosaurs, underwater monsters, dragons, witches, aliens, and robots. Essentially, the people who read SF, fantasy and horror haven't grown out of enjoying the strange and weird.

— China Miéville

My Google is strong.

— China Miéville

Of all the skills necessary for her work, what she was perhaps worst at was being polite to inanimate things.

— China Miéville

Part of the appeal of the fantastic is taking ridiculous ideas very seriously and pretending they're not absurd.

— China Miéville

People have wanted to narrate since first we banged rocks together & wondered about fire. There’ll be telling as long as there are any of us here, until the stars disappear one by one like turned-out lights.

— China Miéville

Saul was going to kill ANSI. They both knew it. Saul was going to kill ANSI and Lollop and King Rat, and Saul was going to die, all in an effort to prove that he was not his rat-father's son.

— China Miéville

Scars are not injuries, Tanner Sack. A scar is a healing. After injury, a scar is what makes you whole.

— China Miéville

Shadows fell on them like predators as the light went out.

— China Miéville

She was intelligent enough to realize that her excitement was childish, but not mature enough to care.

— China Miéville