Jeff Vandermeer Quotes
When you describe a character's dream, it has to be sharper than reality in some way and more meaningful. It has to somehow speak to plot, character, and all the rest.
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It's a funny thing about rap, that when you say 'I' into the microphone, it's like a public confession. It's very strange.
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I had this 'War and Peace' thing of wanting to experience war as a kind of incredible human enterprise. I even applied to Officer Candidate School. Then the practical side of me kicked in and I thought, 'I really don't want to get drafted.' So I went down to the physical and checked every psychological disorder and drug on the medical history form.
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What I loathe is the multi-national conglomerates who must take responsibility for the degradation and pollution of so much of our landscape with their factory farming and greed.
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The older I get, the more I understand that the only way to say valuable things is to lose your fear of being correct.
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Jose Mourinho is a big star... he's cool.
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I played a lot of squash for a lot of years.
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I can go back to poverty if a situation comes. I have sailed through the worst days of my life, and I am prepared for any crisis.
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I always say you can never be extravagant with beauty. Beauty is God made real. Beauty is life.
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I'm still learning my craft, and I've been writing since I was nine.
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The optimal use of natural resources can be made only if there is a well-thought-out policy framework for their exploitation towards a particular end use.
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How dull it is to have people defining you.
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Illness has always brought me nearer to a state of grace.
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Colors must fit together as pieces in a puzzle or cogs in a wheel.
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Cut out all these exclamation points. An exclamation point is like laughing at your own joke.
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Most good roles are written for young men. We are fixated on youth. So however much people say there is nothing wrong with being bald, the reality is once the hair is gone, you might not get the parts.
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I think it is quite untrue that it is standard journalistic practice to name the interviewer when quoting from an interview.
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Preach or proselytize for Christianity in much of the Islamic world, and you are a candidate for martyrdom. Practice freedom of speech in Xi Jinping's China, and you can wind up in a cell.
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Well, I'm about to do another western, a pilot for HBO this fall.
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You can write 'little beast' if you want, but my name is David Ferrer.
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I'm a big advocate for young girls dressing their age.
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Distorted realities have always been my cup of tea.
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Anything that I can do with Jennie Garth, I would love to do it. I really like her. I got along with her really well, and I enjoyed her perspective on life. I think she's really talented and very, very funny.
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A successful argument for a government manufacturing policy has to go beyond the feeling that it's better to produce 'real things' than services. American consumers value health care and haircuts as much as washing machines and hair dryers.
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When you describe a character's dream, it has to be sharper than reality in some way and more meaningful. It has to somehow speak to plot, character, and all the rest.
