China Mieville Quotes

And all who told it added something new, and all who heard it, made enlargements too.

Humankind has been telling stories forever and will be telling stories forever.

Before the 21st century, stories became popular because people talked about them in other publications or shared magazine and newspaper clippings with friends.

Humans are kind of story-propagating creatures. If you think of how we spend our days, think of all the time you spend on entertainment. How much of your entertainment centers around stories? Most pieces of music tell stories. Even hanging out with your friends, you talk, you tell stories to each other. They're all stories. We live in stories.

Time is what allows stories to spread into people's consciousness.

One of the key qualities of all stories is that they are made to be shared.

People love stories. They need stories.

I think there is a human instinct to tell stories, no matter who you are or where you live.

A rumor is louder than a drum.

History: Gossip well told.

We are the only animal that tells stories.

People need stories; they want stories. They always will.

It's important to tell stories, and it's a worthwhile thing to do.

I think, culturally, stories are important, whether it be cinema, whether it be by word of mouth - which I don't even know if we do anymore, as it all seems to be social media.

It is my belief that we as human beings have a need to tell stories - I think it's evolutionary. So you can think of the short story as a literary form, or you can instead think of stories.

A woman and a mouse, they carry a tale wherever they go.

Stories are the most important thing in the world. Without stories, we wouldn't be human beings at all.

Rumor and gossip, like sound itself, appear to travel by wave-effect, sheer preposterosity being no barrier.

I suppose there will never be a lack of things to say, of stories to be told and shared.

Stories are how we remember; we tend to forget lists and bullet points.

The job of a storyteller is to tell stories, and I have concentrated on that obligation.

To survive, you must tell stories.

The talked-about is always the last to hear the talk . . .

[I have a] fondness for telling stories, like the Arab storytellers on the marketplace. ... I will never grow tired of [telling] stories [and] I make the mistake of thinking that everyone has the same enthusiasm!

People will always tell stories. The publishing industry might vanish, but not stories.