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My father has never once asked me a question, any question. There's a freedom that came from that. It allowed me to create my own way of thinking.

~Douglas Coupland

Topics: Allowed Any Asked Came Create Father Freedom Me My Own Never Once Own Question Thinking Way

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I had a lot of really terrible advice early in my writing career, and I cheesed off people without even knowing it, all the while thinking I was implementing good advice. Well, what can you do about it? Next.

~Douglas Coupland

Topics: About Advice Career Early Even Good Good Advice Had Implementing Knowing Lot Next Off People Really Terrible Thinking Well While Without Writing You

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The thing with bookshelves, no matter how many you have, you always fill them.

~Douglas Coupland

Topics: Always Fill How Many Matter Them Thing You

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With 'Worst. Person. Ever.' I knew where it started and where it had to end, but I threw Raymond as many curveballs as I could along the way. He's like the coyote in the 'Road Runner' cartoons.

~Douglas Coupland

Topics: Along Cartoons Could Coyote End Ever Had He Knew Like Many Person Raymond Road Runner Started Threw Way Where Worst

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I think as a species we're not designed to be able to think more than one year into the future - if that. Even trying to imagine one year from now makes most people feel like they've been given a huge boring chunk of homework that's too hard to do.

~Douglas Coupland

Topics: Able Been Boring Chunk Designed Even Feel Future Given Hard Homework Huge Imagine Like Makes More Most Now People Species Than Think Too Trying Year I Think

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I've never really seen too much difference between writing or making visual art or designing furniture or clothing. It's still my brain - I'm just using different parts of it for different things.

~Douglas Coupland

Topics: Art Between Brain Clothing Designing Difference Different Different Parts Different Things Furniture Just Making Much Never Parts Really Seen Still Things Too Too Much Using Visual Writing

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I began doing writing projects and art and design projects to explore a new way of seeing Canada. Roots is one more way of continuing this exploration. I want to present a wide-open Canadian sense of color, adventure, communication and openness that defines our country.

~Douglas Coupland

Topics: Adventure Art Began Canada Canadian Color Communication Continuing Country Defines Design Doing Exploration Explore More New New Way Openness Our Present Projects Roots Seeing Sense Want Way Writing

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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

Topics: Being Blast Brain Chemicals Every Every Single Time Get Good Good Ideas Happy Ideas Like Past Single Single Time Something Surrounded Time Walk You

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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

Topics: Air Any Because Being Could Course Ended God Google Integrate Internet Just Just Be Like Lost More Name Out Somehow Soon Up Way Will Worked Yahoo

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I will say that my days are spent solitary and somewhat lost in thought, and every single time I inadvertently wear my shirt inside out in public, I bump into my sister-in-law at the grocery store.

~Douglas Coupland

Topics: Bump Days Every Every Single Time Grocery Grocery Store Inadvertently Inside Lost Out Public Say Shirt Single Single Time Solitary Somewhat Spent Store Thought Time Wear Will

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Biography

Nationality: Canadian

Type: Author

Born: December 30th, 1961

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