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Douglas Coupland Quotes

I get verklempt if I see a vintage TI-30 or TI-54 calculator. But I don't think I'd want to use one.

Douglas Coupland

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

Author Profession: author
Nationality: canadian
Birth: December 30, 1961

Topics

Vintage Think Want See I See Get

As a writer, you have to first of all write what you want to. Listen to advice, by all means, but don't get bogged down in it.

Joe Abercrombie

Advice You Down Want Listen First

Once you take yourself too seriously the art will suffer.

Maynard James Keenan

Art Yourself You Seriously Will Too

I watched a lot of movies when I was younger and I remember, when I was seven years old, I asked my parents if I could have an agent for Christmas.

Parents Remember Movies Christmas

'M. Butterfly' is usually the answer to the question, 'What has been your favorite experience?' The reason being, it is an astonishing play.

Butterfly Experience Play Question

Heroes aren't always people who save others in the normal sense. Sometimes they're people who keep trying even when things seem impossible.

Jeff Vandermeer

People Impossible Trying Sometimes

I fought really hard to win a seat in Congress, and everybody else did, too.

Win Congress Hard Seat Everybody

American scripts are usually non-stop conversation. People talking over each other. I like that.

Shirley Henderson

People American Talking Conversation

When I first started to beatbox on the microphone with the Get Fresh Crew, people were shocked. Some things are just supposed to happen and you have to roll with it.

People You First Happen Fresh Get

I don't hate anyone. Sometimes I wish I could interact with the community in a more normal way, though.

Christopher Poole

Community Hate Wish Sometimes Way

When you stand in a traditional audience, you have a wall of amplified sound coming at you from one direction. Everyone's familiar with that.

Direction Stand You Wall Sound

My cartoon strips in college strived to have the Schulzian mix of surrealism and Charlie Brown angst. A bit of that combo shows up in 'Up.'

College Up Cartoon Brown Surrealism

The building I most admire is the Doges Palace in Venice, both by day and by night. Looking at it from the lagoon, it resembles a floating kilim carpet. I love all the bridges which connect houses, people, gardens and palaces. I also love moats to isolate yourself. A ha-ha for secrecy, as in every English country garden.

Love Day Yourself People Building

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