Douglas Coupland

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.

I can't switch time zones any more. London is one of my favourite places, but I'm always so zonked that I can't appreciate it. It's like a six-inch sheet of glass between me and Charing Cross Road.

I'm not a hoarder, I'm a collector: if you have something you like, every time you see it, you have a little happy hit.

Most time capsules, when they're unearthed, are really awful. There's nothing good in them.

Time perception is very much about how you sequence your activities, how many activities you layer overtop of others, and the types of gaps, if any, you leave in between activities.

Every single moment is a coincidence.

The time you feel lonely is the time you most need to be by yourself.

Handmade presents are scary because they reveal that you have too much free time.

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.

We live in an era with no historical precedents. History is no longer useful as a tool in helping us understand current changes.

Only losers make decisions when things are bad. The time to rejig your life is the time when it's seemingly smooth.

Money isn't money anymore. Time doesn't feel like time anymore. Your sense of community, it's evaporated, too, or it's turned into something you visit at 2 A.M. on a website.