Douglas Coupland

Adventure without risk is Disneyland.

There are three things we cry about in life, things that are lost, things that are found, and things that are magnificent.

Your body isn't just a body. It's an ecosystem.

I have always had confidence in my own ability.

I'm a big action junkie. I grew up on the '80s action movies - the bad ones and the good ones.

It is possible to take the story of Noah figuratively, although virtually every Near East ancient civilization has its own version of the flood story (including the amoral epic of Gilgamesh).