Douglas Coupland

"Talking about yourself is inevitable when you don't know what to say."

"I think the 21st century will be a century of environments."

"Purchased experiences don't equal genuine happiness."

"The future is just the past entered through another gate."

"Belief in the paranormal is one way to deal with anxiety."

"When you are young you want to be with people who are like you."

"Narcissism and self-love have become confused in our culture."

"We are all heading into the past."

"Sometimes you do things to make things happen."

"The real world is far more full of surprises than art."

"If you don't change, you don't grow."

"You can never really know what anyone is thinking."

"Work is what you do for others."

"Watching TV is like taking black spray paint to your third eye."

"I think that being middle-aged is different now."

"Humans will always tell stories."

"You will be very surprised when you find out how much you do care."

"The moment you achieve your dreams is when you realize the next goal."

"Fear is the best editor."

"Anything that is not now, will eventually be now."

"There's nothing more important than good food and good company."

"The one thing that money cannot buy is taste."

"I think young people should be allowed to be young."

"What's the point of doing something if somebody else has already done it?"

"People are pretty amazing when they're given a chance."

"The tragedy of modern life is that people have stopped believing in belief."

"We are slaves to our brand names."

"Laziness is just the flip side of ambition."

"You can never ever anticipate the future."

"The most important thing is to be yourself and to do good work."