Quotes by 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.
• So many differing opinions and philosophies... are rarely housed under the roof of a single magazine.
• I have always tended toward a lush prose style, but I take care to modulate it from story to story and to strip it down entirely when necessary.
• I do believe very much in the idea of unexpected or "convulsive" beauty - beauty in the service of liberty.
• History has shown us all too often the consequences of dreaming poorly or not at all.
• I always try to be alert to the potential for repetition, for a decaying orbit with regard to my use of technique, etc.