Douglas Coupland Quotes
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At one time or another, we have all faced the temptation to disconnect by giving someone the silent treatment. After being married to Joel for more than twenty-one years, I have learned that is not the best way to handle a disagreement.
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I'm lucky in that I don't like sweet things at all. My father loved cakes to such a degree that he kept forcing them down my throat when I was little, and it put me off for life. He had terrible cholesterol, poor thing.
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I started working for the 'NY Observer' when I was 33. After I had been writing for them for about a year and a half the editor said, 'Your stories are the most talked about stories in the 'Observer'; you should have your own column.'
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Look at Judi Dench, who's brilliant in whatever bloody job she does.
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Your outlook upon life, your estimate of yourself, your estimate of your value are largely colored by your environment. Your whole career will be modified, shaped, molded by your surroundings, by the character of the people with whom you come in contact every day.
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I care about Bahrain.
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You have to fit in sometimes to make people comfortable to listen to you.
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You remember some bedrooms you have slept in. There are bedrooms you like to remember and others you would like to forget.
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I had a lot of vocal problems when I was younger. I don't know if it's down to leading a healthier lifestyle or what but my range has increased.
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I should have a better CV, and that's knocked me into believing that I have to grab these opportunities while I can.
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Nothing can be as astounding as life. Except for writing. Yes, of course, except for writing, the sole consolation.
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When I talk to some of the younger filmmakers, they are so worried about their films that, eventually, this state of being worried reflects itself in and helps the final work. Whereas, with projects that are meticulously planned, you look at the end result and it is full of emptiness.
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The ability to simplify means to eliminate the unnecessary so that the necessary may speak.
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Living in that childish wonder is a most beautiful feeling – I can so well remember it. There was always something more – behind and beyond everything – to me, the golden spectacles were very, very big.
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I draw every day - unless I'm being interviewed.
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And at that point, I think my experience in covering the subject helped me. I think editors felt comfortable with the idea of me telling this story because I had demonstrated that I know this business pretty well.
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Ideas come through us, not from us.
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When I lose my temper it's because I decide to. If I do something it's because I want to do it.
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That's the kind of person I found out I was dealing with, ... To me, I don't want friends like that. I never will have friends like that.
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Many people don't have an outlet for their feelings or how they can express life and not everybody in a relationship is the kind of person who wants to. But if you can write, you can find a good way to do it.
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It's not cool to have your name in print when it's not the truth.
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I've been thinking if 'GoT' would lend itself easily to an MMORPG. I mean, it certainly has the background and incredible storylines for it, along with some pretty huge characters to hinge the story around.
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There's nothing at the center of what we do.
