Top 281 Quotes by Douglas Coupland

Sometimes I wonder if the world is too interesting and too boring at the same time.

You can only fall in love six times in your life. Choose wisely.

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.

If you write fiction, you have to love your characters. It's like your family. You don't have to like them, but you have to love them.

The thing about living in the 21st century is you can get to fortysomething and not have anyone major in your life die.

Adventure without risk is Disneyland.

Royalty is either going to do very well with cloning, or it's going to disappear completely.

Everybody past a certain age, regardless of how they look on the outside, pretty much constantly dreams of being able to escape from their lives.

A bland smile is like a green light at an intersection, it feels good when you get one, but you forget it the moment you're past it.

Comedy is the difference between how you see a person and how they see themselves.