Douglas Coupland

Being asked what animal you'd like to be is a trick question; you're already an animal. ”

Making eye contact with adults while dressed as a clown is risky. ”

You pretend to be more eccentric than you actually are because you fear you are an interchangeable cog. ”

For whatever reason, I tend to get reporters who are maybe in the middle of intense therapy, and they turn what's supposed to be a professional interview into therapy for themselves. ”

Workshops and seminars are basically financial speed dating for clueless people. ”

Before machines the only form of entertainment people really had was relationships. ”

I love working out how things are made, which is why I have so many models of towers. ”

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. ”

Any passion to collect has some meaning behind it. ”

The person who needs the other person the least in a relationship is the stronger member. ”