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Douglas Coupland Quotes

SAFETY NET-ISM: The belief that there will always be a financial and emotional safety net to buffer life’s hurts. Usually parents Picture Quote #1

For many people, myself included, the end of the world is happening all the time! It is a form of criticality that paradoxically gives us hope for change and improvement Picture Quote #1

The thing about the end of the world is that not just the West collapses, the whole world does Picture Quote #1

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? Picture Quote #1

I’ve become a day writer: most people start as night writers, and I used to be, but something happened to my endocrine system. I do miss the 3 A.M. writing jags Picture Quote #1

My own experience with being interviewed is mixed. I suppose they’re a part of my job, and as I would like readers to connect with my books, I do them. I’ve also made many lifelong friends whom I first encountered as interviewers - as a writer, they’re a terrific way to meet and add smart new people to one’s life Picture Quote #1

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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 Picture Quote #1

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 Picture Quote #1

Fashion only seems to make sense if it’s rooted in some dimension of history or if it feels like a continuation of an idea Picture Quote #1

Marketing is essentially about feeding the poop back to diners fast enough to make them think they’re still getting real food Picture Quote #1

Remember: the time you feel lonely is the time you most need to be by yourself. Life’s cruelest irony Picture Quote #1

I curled myself into a ball and cried quietly, doing that thing that only young people can do, namely, feeling sorry for myself. Once you’re past thirty you lose that ability; instead of feeling sorry for yourself you turn bitter Picture Quote #1

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My writing process is ritualized and monotonous, but there’s no other way to get the job done. All other fiction writers I’ve met say the same thing Picture Quote #1

Back in the late 1970’s, when I was fifteen years old, I spent every penny I then had in the bank to fly across the continent in a 747 jet to Brandon, Manitoba, deep in the Canadian prairies, to witness a total eclipse of the sun Picture Quote #1

I think most people either forget or don’t know that Microsoft only hires people with I.Q.’s well over 130 Picture Quote #1

Too much free time is certainly a monkey’s paw in disguise. Most people can’t handle a structureless life Picture Quote #1

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.’ Picture Quote #1

Books arrive in my head all at once, and then it becomes an 18-month process of getting it all down on paper Picture Quote #1

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I don’t know how anyone gets anything done in cities. How can you live somewhere like London or New York, when there are 81 things to do every night? Awful. Give me solitude and space any time Picture Quote #1

I miss my pre-Internet brain, but that doesn’t help anything. We can only go forward Picture Quote #1

Soon it won’t be the Internet any more, it’ll just be like air, like somehow they’ll integrate the Internet into the air. And God’s name will have ended up being ‘Google,’ because that’s the way it worked out. It could have worked out that God’s name ended up being ‘Yahoo,’ of course, but they lost out Picture Quote #1

Florida isn’t so much a place where one goes to reinvent oneself, as it is a place where one goes if one no longer wished to be found Picture Quote #1

I miss the reference section at the library. I used to go there twice a week on missions. Now everywhere’s a research library and I can’t get an elitist kick from it any more Picture Quote #1

Good-looking people with strong, fluoridated teeth get things handed to them on platters Picture Quote #1

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I think money is due for some sort of collapse. People are going to realize that money has a half-life, like radioactive elements Picture Quote #1

I like being surrounded by good ideas. Every single time you walk past something you like, you get a blast of happy chemicals to the brain, and I like that Picture Quote #1

Most people can’t handle a structureless life Picture Quote #1

Clowns drink to blot out the ravages of terrifying children for a living Picture Quote #1

Fondue sets, martini shakers and juicing machines: three things the world could live completely without Picture Quote #1

Gap clothing allows you to look like you’re from nowhere and anywhere Picture Quote #1

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SAFETY NET-ISM: The belief that there will always be a financial and emotional safety net to buffer life’s hurts. Usually parents. (Douglas Coupland Quotes) For many people, myself included, the end of the world is happening all the time! It is a form of criticality that paradoxically gives us hope for change and improvement. (Douglas Coupland Quotes) The thing about the end of the world is that not just the West collapses, the whole world does (Douglas Coupland Quotes) 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 Quotes) I’ve become a day writer: most people start as night writers, and I used to be, but something happened to my endocrine system. I do miss the 3 A.M. writing jags. (Douglas Coupland Quotes) My own experience with being interviewed is mixed. I suppose they’re a part of my job, and as I would like readers to connect with my books, I do them. I’ve also made many lifelong friends whom I first encountered as interviewers - as a writer, they’re a terrific way to meet and add smart new people to one’s life. (Douglas Coupland Quotes) 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 Quotes) 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 Quotes) Fashion only seems to make sense if it’s rooted in some dimension of history or if it feels like a continuation of an idea. (Douglas Coupland Quotes) Marketing is essentially about feeding the poop back to diners fast enough to make them think they’re still getting real food. (Douglas Coupland Quotes) Remember: the time you feel lonely is the time you most need to be by yourself. Life’s cruelest irony. (Douglas Coupland Quotes) I curled myself into a ball and cried quietly, doing that thing that only young people can do, namely, feeling sorry for myself. Once you’re past thirty you lose that ability; instead of feeling sorry for yourself you turn bitter. (Douglas Coupland Quotes) My writing process is ritualized and monotonous, but there’s no other way to get the job done. All other fiction writers I’ve met say the same thing. (Douglas Coupland Quotes) Back in the late 1970’s, when I was fifteen years old, I spent every penny I then had in the bank to fly across the continent in a 747 jet to Brandon, Manitoba, deep in the Canadian prairies, to witness a total eclipse of the sun. (Douglas Coupland Quotes) I think most people either forget or don’t know that Microsoft only hires people with I.Q.’s well over 130. (Douglas Coupland Quotes) Too much free time is certainly a monkey’s paw in disguise. Most people can’t handle a structureless life. (Douglas Coupland Quotes) 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 Quotes) Books arrive in my head all at once, and then it becomes an 18-month process of getting it all down on paper. (Douglas Coupland Quotes) I don’t know how anyone gets anything done in cities. How can you live somewhere like London or New York, when there are 81 things to do every night? Awful. Give me solitude and space any time. (Douglas Coupland Quotes) I miss my pre-Internet brain, but that doesn’t help anything. We can only go forward. (Douglas Coupland Quotes) Soon it won’t be the Internet any more, it’ll just be like air, like somehow they’ll integrate the Internet into the air. And God’s name will have ended up being ‘Google,’ because that’s the way it worked out. It could have worked out that God’s name ended up being ‘Yahoo,’ of course, but they lost out. (Douglas Coupland Quotes) Florida isn’t so much a place where one goes to reinvent oneself, as it is a place where one goes if one no longer wished to be found. (Douglas Coupland Quotes) I miss the reference section at the library. I used to go there twice a week on missions. Now everywhere’s a research library and I can’t get an elitist kick from it any more. (Douglas Coupland Quotes) Good-looking people with strong, fluoridated teeth get things handed to them on platters (Douglas Coupland Quotes) 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 Quotes) I like being surrounded by good ideas. Every single time you walk past something you like, you get a blast of happy chemicals to the brain, and I like that. (Douglas Coupland Quotes) Most people can’t handle a structureless life (Douglas Coupland Quotes) Clowns drink to blot out the ravages of terrifying children for a living (Douglas Coupland Quotes) Fondue sets, martini shakers and juicing machines: three things the world could live completely without (Douglas Coupland Quotes) Gap clothing allows you to look like you’re from nowhere and anywhere (Douglas Coupland Quotes)

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