Jeff Vandermeer
Jeff Vandermeer
Jeffrey Scott "Jeff" VanderMeeris an American New York Times Best Selling writer, editor, teacher, and publisher. He has won the Nebula Award, Rhysling Award, British Fantasy Award, BSFA Award, the World Fantasy Award three times, and has been a finalist for the Hugo Award...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionWriter
Date of Birth7 July 1968
CountryUnited States of America
long answers ruins
Some questions will ruin you if you are denied the answer long enough.
self brain desire
Nothing that lived and breathed was truly objective—even in a vacuum, even if all that possessed the brain was a self-immolating desire for the truth.
mom artist fiction
My mom is an artist and my own fiction is deeply visual.
writing imagination failing
Trust your imagination. Don't be afraid to fail. Write. Revise. Revise. Revise.
revelations paralysis
What occurs after revelation and paralysis?
ipods band type
There's also a lot of gritty Americana type of bands. I actually have a lot of Britpop on my iPod, too.
writing way 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.
dream inspiration mean
Even a dream as inspiration doesn't mean anything unless you then find that it's sparked an actual story with a plot.
taken reality events
When we wake, it is because something, some event, some pinprick even, disturbs the edges of what we’ve taken as reality.
beauty believe ideas
I do believe very much in the idea of unexpected or "convulsive" beauty - beauty in the service of liberty.
worry might waste
You can either waste time worrying about a death that might not come or concentrate on what’s left to you.
book reading kind
If the reader enters a kind of immersive experience reading a book, then I have to enter a kind of immersive state to do my best work.
forever knows
You could know the what of something forever and never discover the why.
writing islands balance
Position yourself to succeed by doing the other things in your life that rejuvenate you. You can create little islands of time away from your novel that will help preserve your balance. Exhaustion will affect both your writing’s quality and your productivity.