Douglas Coupland

"We're all pretty crazy sometimes."

"The best ideas are the ones that are so simple they seem obvious."

"Most people are not that evil."

"When the present looks like the past, the future looks unsure."

"Fashion is about impressing others; style is about impressing yourself."

"Privacy is gone and we just have to get over it."

"Life is either a daring adventure or nothing at all."

"The key to a good life is curiosity."

"You can't truly be yourself unless you're willing to be misunderstood."

"The future has no time for nostalgia."

"A sense of humor is a major defense against minor troubles."

"Every time I hear a good idea, I want to make it."

"Luck is just the crossroads where preparation and opportunity meet."

"We're all defined by our limitations."

"The most important currency is time."

"People want to matter, that's the core of it."

"Loneliness is the universal affliction of our time."

"The human spirit needs to be fed."

"You can never really go back home."

"What's the point of being young if you can't be foolish?"

"The future is like a vast landscape you can't see the end of."

"Reinvention is the only true constant."

"Most people are dying to be heard."

"Consumer goods have replaced spirituality for most people."

"The Internet is the most democratic medium ever invented."

"We are living in a time when everything can be known but nothing understood."

"The best time to plant a tree was 20 years ago. The second best time is now."

"Art is what happens when you refuse to compromise."

"Human beings are the only creatures that have ideas."

"We're all characters in a story we're constantly rewriting."