Douglas Coupland Quotes

I have to say, 'Pod' was a bon-bon, a treat to myself. A treat to write: a happy, pleasurable write.

Douglas Coupland

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

MyselfHappyTreatSayWrite

Exiles see double, feel double, are double. When exiles see one place, they're also seeing - or looking for - another behind it.

Andre Aciman

LookingFeelSeeingPlaceSeeAlso

When you - when you become the manager of a major league team, particularly the Dodgers, to me, that's a privilege and an honor. No matter where you go or what you do, you represent that position that you have. And you represent that organization that gave you the opportunity to be doing what you're doing.

Tommy Lasorda

OpportunityMeTeamOrganizationYou

I'm not really interested in sports psychology. It makes me feel like a crazy person.

Michelle Wie

SportsMeCrazyFeelPersonLike

No holiday, no job, no amount of money, not even my own security can mean more to me than my love for God.

Monica Johnson

LoveGodMoneyJobMeHoliday

We need to dig deep and give people a reason to be optimistic just as Obama is doing in America. Because in the same way that outcome of the U.S. elections will change the course of events there and around the world, so too do politics here in Britain.

Lucy Powell

ChangePoliticsPeopleWorldDeep

Gabriel Diani has been my friend and collaborator for 14 years. He and Etta Devine are two of my favorite people and two of my favorite creative minds.

Janet Varney

FriendCreativePeopleMindsTwo

Famous people are deceptive. Deep down, they're just regular people. Like Larry King. We've been friends for forty years. He's one of the few guys I know who's really famous. One minute he's talking to the president on his cell phone, and then the next minute he's saying to me, 'Do you think we ought to give the waiter another dollar?'

Don Rickles

KingPeopleMeCell PhoneSaying

I'm constantly paranoid that I'll be unemployed for the rest of my life... and have to go back folding shirts at the Gap, which you know... you gotta do what you gotta do.

Constance Wu

LifeRestMy LifeYouBackKnow

And when an architect has designed a house with large windows, which is a necessity today in order to pull the daylight into these very deep houses, then curtains come to play a big role in architecture.

Arne Jacobsen

TodayArchitectureDeepHousePlay

The way that we're consuming what we watch. Netflix, binge-watching, destination agnostic were not terms. It was about networks, times, dates. Even with feature films, you had to see it this way, in this capacity, at this time. All that has changed. Now it's really about the story. It's a gift that I became a storyteller at this time.

Ava DuVernay

TimeDestinationGiftStoryYouWay

My parents thought I was crazy. When I graduated, you didn't hear of basketball players going to Japan. Everyone went to Europe somewhere.

Anne Donovan

ParentsCrazyBasketballThoughtYou

I never started doing the videos because I thought they were going to get millions of views. I started doing them because I was at home, and I was bored.

William Singe

HomeThoughtDoingNeverBoredGet

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