Jeff VanderMeer Quotes About Books

Quotes about: Books

• Angela Carter's fiction blew me away and really instilled a passion for writing, bolstered by Vladimir Nabokov. But in general, I can't point to any one thing. I just always loved books and writing.

  Jeff VanderMeer

  Book, Passion, Writing

  Source: www.esquire.com

• 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

  Book, Reading, Kind

  Source: www.buzzfeed.com

• The best visual book I can think of is Lynda Barry's What It Is, but although I refer to it all the time it's not a creative writing book per se.

  Jeff VanderMeer

  Book, Writing, Thinking

  Source: www.barnesandnoble.com

• 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.

  Jeff VanderMeer

  Book, Reading, Writing

  Source: www.barnesandnoble.com

• 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 lyrics count, but they go more immediately into your brain. There's so much more work you have to put in as a writer - not just with the actual book, but how it's packaged and everything.

  Jeff VanderMeer

  Book, Envy, Brain

  Source: www.avclub.com

• My mother is an artist, and I have a strong visual sense. I almost always choose the cover art for my books.

  Jeff VanderMeer

  Mother, Art, Strong

  Source: www.avclub.com

• I have received emails from readers who have said that they were emotionally impacted by the books, and they feel they are more environmentally aware and energized to do more. So that's hopeful to me. It is at least evidence of what I'm trying to do - trying to convey very intense emotional experiences by being very close in on character points of view to make you feel it in your body. That's one way to get the point across, by evoking a visceral response.

  Jeff VanderMeer

  Book, Character, Emotional

  Source: www.guernicamag.com

• My mother is an artist, and I have a strong visual sense. I almost always choose the cover art for my books. I've learned that the more I collaborate, like by having someone do a soundtrack to one of my books, the more I see my own work differently.

  Jeff VanderMeer

  Mother, Art, Strong

  Interview with Jason Heller, www.avclub.com. January 07, 2010.

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