Jeff Vandermeer Quotes
Cross-pollination and 'contamination' is really important to the health of fiction, and sometimes it's a literal conversation, too, in that writers who might never otherwise meet and talk do so because of our anthologies.
Quotes to Explore
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You can get all A's and still flunk life.
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I am happy with my form; I just need to score a couple of goals. I want the ball. I want to create something.
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Iowa has sent notice that the Republican nominee for the next president of the United States will not be chosen by the media. Will not be chosen by the Washington establishment. Will not be chosen by the lobbyists. But will be chosen by the most incredible powerful force, where all sovereignty resides in our nation by we the people.
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When I was a kid, I had an Atari 2600, and I would play Pac Man, Frogger, all that kind of stuff. And I did enjoy going to the arcade.
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Practical wisdom is what's called for in situations that have a moral dimension to them.
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I started playing badminton when I was probably of eight years and ever since have been playing. I didn't go to university.
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The clever cat eats cheese and breathes down rat holes with baited breath.
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Whenever I walk out on a stage, I'm begging for affection.
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I'm my own hero on the sets; why should I work with other heroes? The Khans did not want to work with me when I started. Why should I work with them now?
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Half of the harm that is done in this world is due to people who want to feel important. They don't mean to do harm. But the harm does not interest them.
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I've come to feel that if I can't make something happen in under an hour and a half, it's not going to happen in a compelling way in a three-hour play.
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Being an actress can be a little like being a girl in the '50s: You're stuck waiting by the phone, hoping that the boy you like will call.
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Once you've built the big machinery of political power, remember you won't always be the one to run it.
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So we're living by that sword, and we're going to cut every now and then from it's backlash.
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I get why people want to come see me play guitar, but I still don't understand why people want to interview me.
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A Microsoft-Yahoo merger is a deal only an investment banker could love.
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The New Deal was going to redistribute the national income according to ideals of social and economic justice.
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My home has to feel airy and bright with natural light. I don't switch on lamps until it is literally black outside.
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The disappointment of losing is huge.
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When I was coming of age, I remembered reading and studying the initial ideas within the feminist movement. There was this idea with my parents' generation that in order to find equality, a woman would need to behave like a man.
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If you're serious, you really understand that it's important that you laugh as much as possible and admit that you're the funniest person you ever met. You have to laugh. Admit that you're funny. Otherwise, you die in solemnity.
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Governments are mandated by international law to protect people from genocide.
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I think the song itself, 'Smoke and Fire,' is just a metaphor for the feelings that you feel in a relationship.
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Cross-pollination and 'contamination' is really important to the health of fiction, and sometimes it's a literal conversation, too, in that writers who might never otherwise meet and talk do so because of our anthologies.
