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Douglas Coupland
Douglas Coupland
Canadian Author
Born: Dec 30, 1961
Because Life People Think Time You
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You spend a much larger part of your life being old, not young. Douglas Coupland
Life You Old Young Spend Part Being Much Your Larger
It feels wistful to imagine a time when people didn't go about their daily routine with the assumption that at any moment another massive media technology will be dumped on us by some geek in California. Douglas Coupland
Time Daily Technology People Will Assumption Geek Some About Feels Massive California Another Go Dumped Any Us Moment Media Routine Imagine
It's fun to sentimentalize the 20th-century lifestyle and the 20th-century brain, but it helps nobody, it makes you look ancient, there's no going back, and you'd be miserable if you did. Douglas Coupland
You Miserable Back Ancient Lifestyle Nobody Look Makes Brain Did Going Fun Helps
If I don't learn something new every year, I go crazy. Douglas Coupland
Crazy Year Every Something Something New New Learn Go
Eagles are seagulls with a good hairdo. Douglas Coupland
Good Hairdo Seagull Eagles
When you write, it's just a much more crystalline, compressed version of the voice you think with - though not the one you speak with. I think your writing voice is your laser-guided missile. It's the poetry part of you. Douglas Coupland
You Writing Speak Think I Think Though More Voice Poetry Write Part Missile Version Just Much Your
Men won't read any email from a woman that's over 200 words long. Douglas Coupland
Woman Words Men Long Email Over Read Any
Life always kills you in the end, but first it prevents you from getting what you want. Douglas Coupland
Life You First Prevents Always End Getting Want In The End
Everyone should have a tailor. David Wilkes, the guy who does my stuff, is like, 'Well you're a writer - do you want a special pen compartment or something?' Bespoke: That's the term you want to get out there. Douglas Coupland
You Everyone Pen Out Something Guy Tailor David Writer Stuff Term Like Well Does Get Want Should Special Who
A vast percentage of the human race is literally not wired neurologically to get irony. Well more than half of humanity takes life at face value, which is to me terrifying. Douglas Coupland
Life Me Humanity Value Face Half Face Value Percentage More Vast Wired Takes Well Terrifying Than Get Irony Human Literally Which Race Human Race
Good-looking people with strong, fluoridated teeth get things handed to them on platters. Douglas Coupland
People Strong Teeth Good-Looking Handed Get Them Things
If you write fiction, you have to love your characters. It's like your family. You don't have to like them, but you have to love them. Douglas Coupland
Love Family You Characters Write Like Fiction To Love Them Your
I'm a pretty good drawer. I have trouble painting because you literally have to wait for the paint to dry. I'm disciplined, but I'm not patient. Douglas Coupland
Good You Wait Trouble Patient Painting Drawer Pretty Pretty Good Dry Because Disciplined Literally Paint
I'm not patient - and I'm getting more impatient as I get older - but I am disciplined about writing, and I want that on my tombstone: 'He wasn't patient, but he was disciplined.' Douglas Coupland
Writing I Am Patient Older About Impatient More He Disciplined Am Get Getting Want Tombstone
Forget about being world famous, it's hard enough just getting the automatic doors at the supermarket to acknowledge our existence. Douglas Coupland
World Doors Enough Our About Supermarket Existence Forget Getting Just Being Famous Automatic Acknowledge Hard
We really ought to give ourselves a collective pat on the back for doing as well as we have in a universe of constant media change and mutation. Douglas Coupland
Change Collective Universe Ought Back Ourselves Constant Mutation Give Well Doing Pat Really Media
Sometimes I wonder if the world is too interesting and too boring at the same time. Douglas Coupland
Time World Sometimes Too I Wonder Boring Wonder Same Same Time Interesting
I don't think I see the world in terms of stupid or clever, but in terms of being able to get irony. There's some awful statistic about only 20 per cent of Americans being able to understand irony. Douglas Coupland
World Clever Stupid Think Statistic I See See Able Some Per About Only Terms Understand Get American Irony Being Cent Awful
I was so beautiful when I was young. And I took so few photos because I felt so skinny and ugly. I wish I'd just taken a few more shots. Douglas Coupland
Beautiful Ugly Wish Few Young Took I Wish Photos More Taken Because Felt Just Shots Skinny
I don't know if it's a very smart idea to admire the living. Douglas Coupland
Smart Living Admire Idea Know Very
It's very strange that most people don't care if their knowledge of their family history only goes back three generations. Douglas Coupland
Family Knowledge History Strange People Care Three Back don't Care Only Generations Most Very dont Care Family History Goes
Never loan a book to someone if you expect to get it back. Loaning books is the same as giving them away. Douglas Coupland
You Book Loan Giving Back Books Someone Never Expect Get Same Them Away
Characters in a book are very much like personalities divvied up within a family. In the end, it all averages out to a sort of overall averageness. Douglas Coupland
Family Book Out Characters Like Overall Sort Within End Up Very In The End Personalities Much
North America can easily fragment quickly as did the Eastern Bloc in 1989. Douglas Coupland
Fragment Easily Eastern Quickly North North America America Did
When you think about Twitter and you think what a dumb stupid throwaway technology, and then you have the Iranian elections and it actually saves the day - you can't prejudge technologies now because they have effects you may not have intended. Douglas Coupland
Day You Technology Stupid Think Twitter Saves About Because Dumb Iranian Effects Intended May Then Elections Now Actually Technologies
Everybody past a certain age, regardless of how they look on the outside, pretty much constantly dreams of being able to escape from their lives. Douglas Coupland
Dreams Age Past Everybody Constantly Able Pretty Outside Look How Escape Being Regardless Much Certain Certain Age Lives
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