Douglas Coupland

"The future is just history that hasn't happened yet."

"I think that all things in life are luck."

"Shopping is the sea in which we now swim."

"Ignore all hatred and criticism. Live a happy life."

"You can't fake creativity, competence, or sexual arousal."

"Reinvention is the only way forward."

"The suspense is in wondering if the other person is as crazy as you are."

"Your handwriting. The way you walk. Which china pattern you choose. It's all giving votes to an election in which only you get to vote."

"Blessed are the forgetful, for they get the better even of their blunders."

"Young people don't really have friends, they have best friends and acquaintances."

"I wanted to remind myself of the magic of not being a dead person."

"I believe in living life as an extended and improvisational experiment."

"Laziness is nothing more than the habit of resting before you get tired."

"Be nice to nerds. Chances are you'll end up working for one."

"Sometimes the less said, the better."

"Technology is best when it brings people together."

"Fear is the price of memory."

"I don't think any of us ever really feel like adults."

"Just accept that you're a weirdo and own it."

"The most important thing is to get your memories right."

"You'll notice that I'm not giving you my schedule for the future."

"Deeper meaning resides in the fairy tales told to children than in the myths of the ages."

"Your life is a short time in this vast and crazy universe."

"Thinking of the future is like trying to see through fog."

"People are pretty crazy and, given time, will reveal themselves."

"Humans are the only creatures that have allowed their reproduction to outpace their ability to care for offspring."

"Never underestimate the power of nostalgia."

"I like the smell of a new car."

"Stop trying to look good and just show up."

"My point is that you can never really know what's coming."