If you have a great idea, you should be able to communicate it as well. It's like the sound of one hand clapping. You have a great idea but aren't able to express it - well, how great was the idea? Douglas Coupland clapcommunicateexpress Change image and share on social
Your brain forms roughly 10,000 new cells every day, but unless they hook up to preexisting cells with strong memories, they die. Serves them right. Douglas Coupland 000braincell Change image and share on social
Ten commandments yet seven deadly sins: conflict? Douglas Coupland commandmentconflictdeadly Change image and share on social
Workshops and seminars are basically financial speed dating for clueless people. Douglas Coupland basicallycluelessdate Change image and share on social
By your thirties, you should be doing whatever it is you're supposed to be doing with your life and just get on with it - which is what I suppose happened with me as much as to anyone else. Douglas Coupland happenlifesuppose Change image and share on social
I like doing radio because it's so intimate. The moment people hear your voice, you're inside there heads, not only that, you're in there laying eggs. Douglas Coupland eggheadhear Change image and share on social
It's fun to sentimentalize the 20th-century lifestyle and the 20th-century brain, but it helps nobody, it makes you look ancient, there's no going back, and you'd be miserable if you did. Douglas Coupland 20thancientback Change image and share on social
Brain research tells us that only twenty percent of human beings have a sense of irony, which means that eighty percent of the world takes everything at face value. Douglas Coupland beingbraineighty Change image and share on social
Art was always my main focus; I fell into writing by accident in the 1980s, writing magazine articles to pay for my studio. I have to put myself into the position of writing; sometimes it doesn't work, and sometimes it works great. Douglas Coupland 1980saccidentart share on social
Cellphones have, if nothing else, turned TV crime writers into lazy sloths. Douglas Coupland cellphonecrimelazy Change image and share on social