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Douglas Coupland
Douglas Coupland
Canadian Author
Born: Dec 30, 1961
Because Life People Think Time You
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Art was always my main focus; I fell into writing by accident in the 1980s, writing magazine articles to pay for my studio. I have to put myself into the position of writing; sometimes it doesn't work, and sometimes it works great. Douglas Coupland
Work Art Myself Great Writing Sometimes Focus Accident Pay Magazine Main Main Focus Studio Put 1980s Fell Always Articles Works Position
I think money is due for some sort of collapse. People are going to realize that money has a half-life, like radioactive elements. Douglas Coupland
People Money Think Collapse Some Like Half-Life Sort Due Going Realize Radioactive Elements
The one thing about my life that's different from others is that I wake up for no one, and for some reason, that's just good for your creativity. Douglas Coupland
Life Good Creativity Wake Up My Life Others One Thing Some About No-One Wake Up Just Different The One Thing Your Reason Thing
The whole point of Gen X was, and continues to be, a negation of being forced into Baby Boomerdom against one's will. Douglas Coupland
Will Baby Negation Gen Point Forced Being Against Whole
The things worth writing about, and the things worth reading about, are the things that feel almost beyond description at the start and are, because of that, frightening. Douglas Coupland
Writing Worth Reading Worth Reading About Almost Feel Beyond Because Frightening Description Things Start
The Internet has destroyed irony in the world, or at least wounded it considerably. What are we to do about an invention whose end result is that starving people in China are looking up things on marthastewart.com? Douglas Coupland
People World Result Internet Invention Looking Starving Considerably Destroyed Wounded About Least End Up End Result Irony China Whose Things
We are a dreadful species indeed, and deserve whatever it is our techno-baubles do to us. Douglas Coupland
Whatever Our Indeed Dreadful Us Deserve Species
I think way back, the '20s or the '30s, when Kodak came out with the Brownie and they put a list of instructions on the box, like how to use this thing, I think someone arbitrarily said, 'Make sure the person in the photograph is smiling.' And we went from that one sort of set of industrial instructions to this whole culture of perkiness. Douglas Coupland
Culture Think Back I Think Way Out Photograph Someone Put Like Industrial Instructions Make Smiling Sort Box Sure Kodak Said How Came Person List Use Whole Thing Set
I began doing writing projects and art and design projects to explore a new way of seeing Canada. Roots is one more way of continuing this exploration. I want to present a wide-open Canadian sense of color, adventure, communication and openness that defines our country. Douglas Coupland
Art Communication Writing Country Sense Design Our Way Projects Defines Seeing More Color Adventure New Openness Doing Continuing Began Canada Canadian New Way Want Roots Exploration Explore Present
Writing is largely about time, while visual art is largely about space. Douglas Coupland
Art Time Writing Space Visual About While Largely
In a faraway land called 'pre-2000,' what Earthlings now call blogging was called 'keeping a diary.' It's hard work to do well. I tried doing it in the early 1990s but had to stop because I no longer had a life - instead I had this thing that generated anecdotes to go into my diary. The diary took over and I had to stop. Douglas Coupland
Life Work Hard Work Took Tried Anecdotes Had Instead Longer Over Well Call Because Doing Go Blogging Diary Stop Land Faraway Hard Now Keeping Thing Early Early 1990s
Telling people they look relaxed makes them look relaxed. Douglas Coupland
People Relaxed Telling Look Makes Them
We want our idols to be dead because it makes death a much less scary place. Douglas Coupland
Death Our Scary Dead Because Makes Idols Want Place Much Less
We live in an era with no historical precedents. History is no longer useful as a tool in helping us understand current changes. Douglas Coupland
History Live Changes Tool Longer Understand Era Historical Current Us Useful Helping
When we constantly ask for miracles, we're unraveling the fabric of the world. A world of continuous miracles would not be a world, it would be a cartoon. Douglas Coupland
World Miracles Would Would-Be Cartoon Fabric Constantly Unraveling Continuous Ask
I think most people either forget or don't know that Microsoft only hires people with I.Q.'s well over 130. Douglas Coupland
People Think I Think Only Over Know Most Well Forget Microsoft Either
I've had maybe 20 jobs, big and small, and I've never hated any of them. At the same time, the moment the learning curve flattened, I was out of there. Douglas Coupland
Time Learning Big Out Jobs Hated Small Never Had Learning Curve Same Any Maybe Same Time Curve Flattened Them Moment
I will say that my days are spent solitary and somewhat lost in thought, and every single time I inadvertently wear my shirt inside out in public, I bump into my sister-in-law at the grocery store. Douglas Coupland
Time Will Thought Single Lost Every Every Single Time Say Spent Solitary Out Inside Wear Inside-Out Somewhat Days Single Time Bump Shirt Store Public Inadvertently Grocery Grocery Store
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