Author: Jeff Vandermeer

Quotes

Trump lays bare a lot of things already wrong with our society. But he also accelerates the process of it becoming worse, when it could be getting better.

Trump lays bare a lot of things already wrong with our society. But he also accelerates the process of it becoming worse, when it could be getting better.

- Jeff Vandermeer

In a sense, fictional dystopias have been a way of distracting us from the truth of our condition by placing it 'over there.'

In a sense, fictional dystopias have been a way of distracting us from the truth of our condition by placing it 'over there.'

- Jeff Vandermeer

Film fixes a precise visual image in the viewer's head. In fiction, you just hope you're precise enough to convey the intended effect.

Film fixes a precise visual image in the viewer's head. In fiction, you just hope you're precise enough to convey the intended effect.

- Jeff Vandermeer

My parents were in the Peace Corps.

My parents were in the Peace Corps.

- Jeff Vandermeer

The music I listen to while writing is really scene-specific. It's just a great motivator, a way to put myself in the mood.

The music I listen to while writing is really scene-specific. It's just a great motivator, a way to put myself in the mood.

- Jeff Vandermeer

I do believe very much in the idea of unexpected or 'convulsive' beauty - beauty in the service of liberty.

I do believe very much in the idea of unexpected or 'convulsive' beauty - beauty in the service of liberty.

- Jeff Vandermeer

My mom was a biological illustrator for a time before computers replaced that job.

My mom was a biological illustrator for a time before computers replaced that job.

- Jeff Vandermeer

I see music as an aid. It overcomes my internal editor, especially when the music evokes the character or the mood I'm trying to build.

I see music as an aid. It overcomes my internal editor, especially when the music evokes the character or the mood I'm trying to build.

- Jeff Vandermeer

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