Jeff Vandermeer

I see music as an aid. It overcomes my internal editor, especially when the music evokes the character or the mood I'm trying to build.

I have always tended toward a lush prose style, but I take care to modulate it from story to story and to strip it down entirely when necessary.

History has shown us all too often the consequences of dreaming poorly or not at all.

While writing books about the past, I think about the present. It's not intentional, but somehow my books end up being written under the sign of a political mood.

I confess that I listen to my own music for my own pleasure.

Well, I actually wrote her a letter a couple of days ago congratulating her. The tone I tried to convey in the letter is, look, you are a part of a great American historical process.