Douglas Coupland
Douglas Coupland
Douglas Coupland OC OBCis a Canadian novelist and artist. His fiction is complemented by recognized works in design and visual art arising from his early formal training. His first novel, the 1991 international bestseller Generation X: Tales for an Accelerated Culture, popularized terms such as "McJob" and "Generation X". He has published thirteen novels, two collections of short stories, seven non-fiction books, and a number of dramatic works and screenplays for film and television. A specific feature of Coupland's novels...
NationalityCanadian
ProfessionAuthor
Date of Birth30 December 1961
CountryCanada
Lottery tickets are a surtax on desperation.
What if God exists except it turns out he doesn't really like people very much?
Sometimes it feels as if everything in life is just something we haul into the grave.
Star Trek characters never go shopping.
Telling people they look relaxed makes them look relaxed.
Sometimes failure isn't an opportunity in disguise, it's just you.
The future and eternity are two entirely different things.
Royalty is either going to do very well with cloning, or it's going to disappear completely.
There's a lot to be said for having a small manageable dream.
Thinking you're immortal is weirdly similar to being immortal.
Quick. Name ten dead redheads.
Too much free time is certainly a monkey's paw in disguise. Most people can't handle a structureless life.
We live in an era with no historical precedents. History is no longer useful as a tool in helping us understand current changes.
Most people have no idea how to politely answer a phone. The English do, and it's been their only major business advantage for the past two centuries.