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If the reader enters a kind of immersive experience reading a book, then I have to enter a kind of immersive state to do my best work.
Jeff VanderMeer
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Jeff VanderMeer
Age: 56
Born: 1968
Born: July 7
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Jeffrey Scott VanderMeer
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It is the nature of the writer to question the validity of his world and yet rely on his senses to describe it. From what other tension can great literature be born?
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I've always wrestled with the difference between plot and structure, and after re-reading a lot of writing books I realized I wasn't alone.
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There's also a lot of gritty Americana type of bands. I actually have a lot of Britpop on my iPod, too.
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I always try to be alert to the potential for repetition, for a decaying orbit with regard to my use of technique, etc.
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If I could play an instrument, it would probably be a cello or an electric guitar.
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I had learned so much about the world that I had decided to withdraw from it.
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Who had the bigger burden? The one who had to watch the other person endure or the one who endured?
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History has shown us all too often the consequences of dreaming poorly or not at all.
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My singing ability is zilch.
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