Jeff VanderMeer Quotes

It is the nature of the writer to question the validity of Jeff VanderMeer Picture Quote

It is the nature of the writer to question the validity of

— Jeff VanderMeer

Some questions will ruin you if you are denied the answer long enough. Jeff VanderMeer Picture Quote

Some questions will ruin you if you are denied the answer long enough.

— Jeff VanderMeer

What occurs after revelation and paralysis? Jeff VanderMeer Picture Quote

What occurs after revelation and paralysis?

— Jeff VanderMeer

Who had the bigger burden? The one who had to watch the Jeff VanderMeer Picture Quote

Who had the bigger burden? The one who had to watch the

— Jeff VanderMeer

When you think about the complexity of our natural world – plants Jeff VanderMeer Picture Quote

When you think about the complexity of our natural world – plants

— Jeff VanderMeer

Trust your imagination. Don’t be afraid to fail. Write. Revise. Revise. Revise. Jeff VanderMeer Picture Quote

Trust your imagination. Don’t be afraid to fail. Write. Revise. Revise. Revise.

— Jeff VanderMeer

Angela Carter, Leonora Carrington, even nonsurrealists like Kafka and Nabokov – writers Jeff VanderMeer Picture Quote

Angela Carter, Leonora Carrington, even nonsurrealists like Kafka and Nabokov – writers

— Jeff VanderMeer

You can either waste time worrying about a death that might not Jeff VanderMeer Picture Quote

You can either waste time worrying about a death that might not

— Jeff VanderMeer

I’ve got…ways of tricking my brain into getting what I need out of it Jeff VanderMeer Picture Quote

I’ve got…ways of tricking my brain into getting what I need out of it

— Jeff VanderMeer

What I envy about musicians is, they have this more direct relationship Jeff VanderMeer Picture Quote

What I envy about musicians is, they have this more direct relationship

— Jeff VanderMeer

My mother is an artist, and I have a strong visual sense. Jeff VanderMeer Picture Quote

My mother is an artist, and I have a strong visual sense.

— Jeff VanderMeer

Film fixes a precise visual image in the viewer’s head. In fiction, Jeff VanderMeer Picture Quote

Film fixes a precise visual image in the viewer’s head. In fiction,

— Jeff VanderMeer

My singing ability is zilch. Jeff VanderMeer Picture Quote

My singing ability is zilch.

— Jeff VanderMeer

My mom is an artist and my own fiction is deeply visual. Jeff VanderMeer Picture Quote

My mom is an artist and my own fiction is deeply visual.

— Jeff VanderMeer

When they give you things, ask yourself why. When you’re grateful to Jeff VanderMeer Picture Quote

When they give you things, ask yourself why. When you’re grateful to

— Jeff VanderMeer

My mother is an artist, and I have a strong visual sense. Jeff VanderMeer Picture Quote

My mother is an artist, and I have a strong visual sense.

— Jeff VanderMeer

You can be deeply non-serious and still focused, disciplined, and on task. Jeff VanderMeer Picture Quote

You can be deeply non-serious and still focused, disciplined, and on task.

— Jeff VanderMeer

Literary influences are harder for me to point to, because mostly it’s Jeff VanderMeer Picture Quote

Literary influences are harder for me to point to, because mostly it’s

— Jeff VanderMeer

My parents read to me a lot as a kid, and I Jeff VanderMeer Picture Quote

My parents read to me a lot as a kid, and I

— Jeff VanderMeer

If I wasn’t a writer, I don’t know what I’d be. Probably a marine biologist or something. Jeff VanderMeer Picture Quote

If I wasn’t a writer, I don’t know what I’d be. Probably a marine biologist or something.

— Jeff VanderMeer

The one thing I always come back to as a writer, what Jeff VanderMeer Picture Quote

The one thing I always come back to as a writer, what

— Jeff VanderMeer

The map had been the first form of misdirection, for what is Jeff VanderMeer Picture Quote

The map had been the first form of misdirection, for what is

— Jeff VanderMeer

I also am not particularly risk-averse – I don’t mind jumping off Jeff VanderMeer Picture Quote

I also am not particularly risk-averse – I don’t mind jumping off

— Jeff VanderMeer

I’ve always wrestled with the difference between plot and structure, and after Jeff VanderMeer Picture Quote

I’ve always wrestled with the difference between plot and structure, and after

— Jeff VanderMeer

I like delivering a message, but what I find interesting is providing Jeff VanderMeer Picture Quote

I like delivering a message, but what I find interesting is providing

— Jeff VanderMeer

If I could play an instrument, it would probably be a cello or an electric guitar. Jeff VanderMeer Picture Quote

If I could play an instrument, it would probably be a cello or an electric guitar.

— Jeff VanderMeer

One thing about beginning writers is that they don’t really always know Jeff VanderMeer Picture Quote

One thing about beginning writers is that they don’t really always know

— Jeff VanderMeer

One of the most important things as a writing instructor is to Jeff VanderMeer Picture Quote

One of the most important things as a writing instructor is to

— Jeff VanderMeer

You could know the what of something forever and never discover the why. Jeff VanderMeer Picture Quote

You could know the what of something forever and never discover the why.

— Jeff VanderMeer

I have to have music as a soundtrack to writing fiction. I Jeff VanderMeer Picture Quote

I have to have music as a soundtrack to writing fiction. I

— Jeff VanderMeer

The best visual book I can think of is Lynda Barry’s What Jeff VanderMeer Picture Quote

The best visual book I can think of is Lynda Barry’s What

— Jeff VanderMeer

Dreams, though, are just one kind of inspiration – no more or Jeff VanderMeer Picture Quote

Dreams, though, are just one kind of inspiration – no more or

— Jeff VanderMeer

Nothing that lived and breathed was truly objective—even in a vacuum, Jeff VanderMeer Picture Quote

Nothing that lived and breathed was truly objective—even in a vacuum,

— Jeff VanderMeer

Imbuing fiction with a life that extends beyond the last word is Jeff VanderMeer Picture Quote

Imbuing fiction with a life that extends beyond the last word is

— Jeff VanderMeer

But what if you discover that the price of purpose is to Jeff VanderMeer Picture Quote

But what if you discover that the price of purpose is to

— Jeff VanderMeer

There’s also a lot of gritty Americana type of bands. I actually Jeff VanderMeer Picture Quote

There’s also a lot of gritty Americana type of bands. I actually

— Jeff VanderMeer

The music I listen to while writing is really scene-specific. It’s just Jeff VanderMeer Picture Quote

The music I listen to while writing is really scene-specific. It’s just

— Jeff VanderMeer

Cross-pollination and “contamination” is really important to the health of fiction, and Jeff VanderMeer Picture Quote

Cross-pollination and “contamination” is really important to the health of fiction, and

— Jeff VanderMeer

Across all of the universe of creative lying, whether you believe in Jeff VanderMeer Picture Quote

Across all of the universe of creative lying, whether you believe in

— Jeff VanderMeer

I do believe very much in the idea of unexpected or “convulsive” Jeff VanderMeer Picture Quote

I do believe very much in the idea of unexpected or “convulsive”

— Jeff VanderMeer

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