What did China Mieville mean by: I remember vividly what it’s like to read as a 10-year-old – that passionate inhabiting of a book. - China Mieville Author · United Kingdom Copy
+ …where’s the skill in being a hero if you were always destined to do it? Feraz Zeid, December 25, 2023January 10, 2024, China Mieville, Hero, Skills, 0 - China Mieville Author · United Kingdom
+ We should have just killed him, that’s a lesson, don’t get creative with revenge Feraz Zeid, December 25, 2023January 10, 2024, China Mieville, Creative, Revenge, 0 - China Mieville Author · United Kingdom
+ Is it more childish and foolish to insist that there is a conspiracy or that there is not? Feraz Zeid, December 25, 2023January 10, 2024, China Mieville, Conspiracy, Fool, 0 - China Mieville Author · United Kingdom
+ A scholar can never let mere wrongness get in the way of the theory. Feraz Zeid, December 25, 2023January 10, 2024, China Mieville, Scholar, Theory, 0 - China Mieville Author · United Kingdom
+ Socialism and SF are the two most fundamental influences in my life. Feraz Zeid, December 25, 2023January 10, 2024, China Mieville, Fundamentals, Influence, 0 - China Mieville Author · United Kingdom
+ My job is not to try to give readers what they want but to try to make readers want what I give. Feraz Zeid, December 25, 2023January 10, 2024, China Mieville, Writing, 0 - China Mieville Author · United Kingdom
+ A trap is only a trap if you don’t know about it. If you know about it, it’s a challenge. Feraz Zeid, December 25, 2023January 10, 2024, China Mieville, Challenge, Traps, 0 - China Mieville Author · United Kingdom
+ The best way to write a novel is to do it behind your own back. Feraz Zeid, December 25, 2023January 10, 2024, China Mieville, Novel, Writing, 0 - China Mieville Author · United Kingdom
That is the greatest gift my books have given me; what it means and has done for the kids. - Jean Craighead George
Making a book is a craft, like making a clock; it needs more than native wit to be an author. Explain - Jean de la Bruyere Writer · France
Books can ignite fires in your mind, because they carry ideas for kindling, and art for matches. - Gary D. Schmidt Author
There is as much trickery required to grow rich by a stupid book as there is folly in buying it. Explain - Jean de la Bruyere Writer · France
Love, slow and gradual in its growth, is too much like friendship ever to be a violent passion. Explain - Jean de la Bruyere Writer · France
Anyone who reads a book with a sense of obligation does not understand the art of reading. - Lin Yutang Writer · China