“Self-delusion is one of the funniest things there is.”
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Douglas Coupland is a Canadian novelist. His fiction is complemented by recognized works in design and visual art arising from his early formal training. His first novel, the 1991 international bestseller *Generation X: Tales for an Accelerated Culture*, popularized terms such as McJob and Generation X. He has published thirteen novels, a collection of short stories, seven non-fiction books, and a number of dramatic works and screenplays for film and television. A specific feature of Coupland's novels is their synthesis of postmodern religion, Web 2.0 technology, human sexuality, and pop culture. Coupland currently lives in Vancouver, British Columbia with his partner David Weir. He published his twelfth novel *Generation A* in 2009. He is presently working on a biography of Marshall McLuhan for Penguin's "Extraordinary Canadians" book series, an updated release of *City of Glass*, and a new television series, Extinction Event. He will also be the presenter of the 2011 Massey Lectures. ([Source][1]) Thanks to [Jason Michael][2] for the lovely polaroid portrait! [1]: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Douglas_Coupland [2]: http://www.flickr.com/photos/jasonmichael/155772631/in/pool-openlibrary
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“Self-delusion is one of the funniest things there is.”
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“Headwise, I always kind of knew that everyone goes grey in our family very early - and I was like, it works for me. I started growing my beard, and it changes the shape of your skull and you...”
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“If you don't have a spiritual practice in place when times are good, you can't expect to suddenly develop one during a moment of crisis.”
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“Nature is one great big wood-chipper. Sooner or later, everything shoots out the other end in a spray of blood, bones and hair.”
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“It's a cliche, but true, that writing is intensely solitary and at times really lonely. I sit in one room and talk to squirrels and blue jays all day.”
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“I don't think I see the world in terms of stupid or clever, but in terms of being able to get irony. There's some awful statistic about only 20 per cent of Americans being able to understand...”
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“Much of what we now consider 'personality' will be explained away as structural and chemical functions of the brain.”
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“'Stupidity' defines the mental state wherein we acknowledge that we've never been smarter as individuals and yet somehow we've never felt stupider. We now collectively inhabit a state of stu...”
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“Every human being you see in the course of a day has a problem that's sucking up at least 70 percent of his or her radar.”
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“Everyone should have a tailor. David Wilkes, the guy who does my stuff, is like, 'Well you're a writer - do you want a special pen compartment or something?' Bespoke: That's the term you wan...”
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“I don't like telephones: I don't like when they ring. Just because it rings, you have to pick it up. I don't even like opening mail; I'm weird.”
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“Ten commandments yet seven deadly sins: conflict?”
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“New York is a theme park for people with IQs over 108.”
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“Data transmission is no longer something scary you don't want in your backyard. Now you want it directly in front of your house.”
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“The reason the future feels odd is because of its unpredictability. If the future didn't feel weirdly unexpected, then something would be wrong.”
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“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.”
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“Is there anything in the world more annoyingly creepy than an unspoken dress code?”
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“We decided that the French could never write user-friendly software because they're so rude.”
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“Vancouver is the square root of negative one. Technically it shouldn't exist, but it does. I can't imagine living anywhere else.”
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“Remember travel agents? Remember how they just kind of vanished one day? Well, that's where all the other jobs that once made us middle class are going, to that same magical, class-killing,...”
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