TV and the Internet are good because they keep stupid people from spending too much time out in public.
Douglas CouplandI guess the thing about exposing your heart is that people may not even notice it. Like a flop movie. Or they'll borrow your heart and they'll forget to return it to you.
Douglas CouplandBefore machines the only form of entertainment people really had was relationships.
Douglas CouplandI have always liked the idea of Superman because I have always liked the idea that there is one person in the world who doesnโt do bad things. And that there is one person in the world who is able to fly.
Douglas CouplandCompromise is said to be the way of the world and yet I find myself feeling sick trying to accept what it has done to me.
Douglas CouplandA few years ago it dawned on me that everybody past a certain age ... pretty much constantly dreams of being able to escape from their lives. They don't want to be who they are any more. They want out. This list includes Thurston Howell the Third, Ann-Margret, the cat members of Rent, Vรกclav Havel, space shuttle astronauts and Snuffleupagus. It's universal.
Douglas Coupland