China Mieville Quotes

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.

China Mieville

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: writer
  • Nationality: english
  • Birth: September 6, 1972

Topics

WritingFeelSometimesWayBecome

I want to have a bunch of kids so I can boss them around.

Jeremy Sumpter

BossI CanWantKidsAroundThem

The problem with the spectrum that is trans-ness and where people like Caitlyn Jenner lie, transitioning and being trans is more than a physical thing. Transition is a process.

Angelica Ross

LiePeopleProcessProblemMore

Maybe the future of Syria will not be a presidential system where one person will have all the power, so, the discussion about who should and should not rule Syria will become irrelevant. Let the Syrian people decide.

Mohammad Javad Zarif

FuturePowerPeoplePersonBecome

If I give myself a chore, for instance, when I was writing the songs for Shameless, I said to myself, Now, every day for 90 days you have to write a song; good, bad or indifferent. So that was really helpful.

Judy Collins

GoodMyselfDayWritingSongYou

They say Elvis is dead. I say, no, you're looking at him. Elvis isn't dead; he just changed color.

Dennis Rodman

LookingColorYouSayDeadThey Say

It is not the thing you fear that you must deal with: it is the mother of the thing you fear.

David Whyte

FearMotherYouMustDealThing

Schools alone are not to blame for underachievement. The breakdown of the family, poverty, and decaying cities with eroding tax bases have made a good public school education nearly impossible in many parts of the country.

Bob Beckel

FamilyEducationGoodAloneSchool

Our hiring is almost completely built around just going through someone's life story, and we look for moments when they had to make important decisions, and we go deep on those.

Tobias Lutke

LifeStoryDeepDecisionsMoments

Celebrities, movie stars and rock stars are losing their mystique.

Nikki Sixx

StarsLosingRockRock StarsMovie

I suppose some studio executive would say it's death for a comedy if people aren't all laughing in the same places, but I find with my movies that people laugh in very different places. I can't control it.

Noah Baumbach

DeathPeopleControlLaughComedy

Those who have not seen wrestling before have probably tuned in to 'Lucha Underground' and go, 'Whoa! This is a TV series turned into wrestling.'

Rey Mysterio

GoWrestlingSeenWhoUnderground

I try to stay fit. I try and do something every day but I don't jog. My body hates jogging.

Liam Neeson

DayEvery DayBodyTrySomething

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