Jeff Vandermeer Mean Quotations

I like delivering a message, but what I find interesting is providing those details in a different context. Then the readers can make up their minds what it means.

Even a dream as inspiration doesn't mean anything unless you then find that it's sparked an actual story with a plot.

A dream inspiring a story is different than placing a description of a dream in a story. 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. If you're writing something fantastical, it can be a really deadly choice because your story already has elements that can seem dreamlike.

The world is a mysterious place and the very limitation of our senses in exploring it means we are sometimes aware of there being something beyond our ken.