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Jeff Vandermeer
American
Writer
About the author
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,
American
Writer
#Hope
#Film
#Effect
#Fiction
So many differing opinions and philosophies... are rarely housed under the roof of a single magazine.
Jeff Vandermeer,
American
Writer
#Opinions
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.
Jeff Vandermeer,
American
Writer
#Style
#Prose
#Care
I do believe very much in the idea of unexpected or "convulsive" beauty - beauty in the service of liberty.
Jeff Vandermeer,
American
Writer
#Liberty
#Idea
#Beauty
#Service
History has shown us all too often the consequences of dreaming poorly or not at all.
Jeff Vandermeer,
American
Writer
#History
#Consequences
I always try to be alert to the potential for repetition, for a decaying orbit with regard to my use of technique, etc.
Jeff Vandermeer,
American
Writer
#Repetition
#Potential