There are some beautiful creatures in the ocean that seem very alien at the same time. — Jeff Vandermeer Copy Share Image
My mom was a biological illustrator for a time before computers replaced that job. — Jeff Vandermeer Copy Share Image
You can either waste time worrying about a death that might not come or concentrate on what’s left to you. — Jeff VanderMeer Copy Share Image
“The real reality is something we create every moment of every day, that realities spin off from our decisions in every second… — Jeff VanderMeer Copy Share Image
“He carried too much weight, a weight he was always mindful of, that must be present in his life at all times.” — Jeff VanderMeer Copy Share Image
“At the time, I was seeking oblivion, and I sought in those blank, anonymous faces, even the most painfully familiar, a kind… — Jeff VanderMeer Copy Share Image
“If someone seems to have changed from one session to another, make sure you haven’t changed instead.” A warning from his mother,… — Jeff VanderMeer Copy Share Image
“We held each other for a time in that hideaway, that unexpected sanctuary, while the city smoldered and the world went on… — Jeff VanderMeer Copy Share Image
An inordinate love of ritual can be harmful to the soul, unless, of course, in times of great crisis, when ritual can… — Jeff VanderMeer Copy Share Image
“You don't know this, 'cause you're too young," came the usual lecture, "but the politicians run all the big scams. Government's the… — Jeff VanderMeer Copy Share Image
“Early on, I had thought Wick was reaching for a body across the bed. But, for a long time, he had been… — Jeff VanderMeer Copy Share Image
Position yourself to succeed by doing the other things in your life that rejuvenate you. You can create little islands of time… — Jeff VanderMeer Copy Share Image
“I hesitated for just a moment. Some part of me wanted to see the creature, after having heard it for so many… — Jeff VanderMeer Copy Share Image
My best time to write is right after coffee and breakfast - four eggs because, full disclosure: I'm really a komodo dragon… — Jeff VanderMeer Copy Share Image
“Perhaps only I could truly make Wick a person, by forgiving him, and if I forgave him, if I showed I forgave him, then… — Jeff VanderMeer Copy Share
“I knew these elements were intended for me and me alone. There were no endearments, but I understood in part because of this restraint.… — Jeff VanderMeer Copy Share
“What if an infection was a message, a brightness a kind of symphony? As a defense? An odd form of communication? If so, the… — Jeff VanderMeer Copy Share
That's how the madness of the world tries to colonize you: from the outside in, forcing you to live in its reality. — Jeff VanderMeer Copy Share
What I envy about musicians is, they have this more direct relationship with the audience. They don't have to go through words. Sure, the… — Jeff VanderMeer Copy Share
“In college, what had always stuck with him in Astronomy 101 was that the first astronomers to think of points of light not as… — Jeff VanderMeer Copy Share
“But I was not a domesticated animals...The dirt and grit of a city, the unending wakefulness of it, the crowdedness, the constant light obscuring… — Jeff VanderMeer Copy Share
Dreams, though, are just one kind of inspiration - no more or less special than something in a newspaper article or from the world… — Jeff VanderMeer Copy Share
“All of the things that wore you down, even as that was balanced by the electric feeling of being on the side of a… — Jeff VanderMeer Copy Share
There simply aren't enough constitutional safeguards in place to protect against a rogue president. — Jeff Vandermeer Copy Share
There are some beautiful creatures in the ocean that seem very alien at the same time. — Jeff Vandermeer Copy Share
Even a dream as inspiration doesn't mean anything unless you then find that it's sparked an actual story with a plot. — Jeff VanderMeer Copy Share
I had learned so much about the world that I had decided to withdraw from it. — Jeff VanderMeer Copy Share
“Do you think Area X builds spaceships, too? Do you think Area X traverses interstellar space? Wormholes? Think of something more subtle, something peering… — Jeff VanderMeer Copy Share
“A sudden flash of his partner Wyte, telling him he was compromised, him replying, "I don't have an opinion on that.” — Jeff VanderMeer Copy Share
