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" We really ought to give ourselves a collective pat on the back for doing as well as we have in a universe of constant media change and mutation. "

Douglas Coupland

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" We were never supposed to live until 40. We were built to self-destruct at 30, whether from cancer or mental illness. We're all going way beyond our expiration date. "

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

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" Depression is when you have lots of love, but no one's taking. "

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" Storytelling is ultimately a creative act of pattern recognition. Through characters, plot and setting, a writer creates places where previously invisible truths become visible. Or the storyteller posits a series of dots that the reader can connect. "

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" Aliens didn't come down to Earth and give us technology. We invented it ourselves. Therefore it can never be alienating; it can only be an expression of our humanity. "

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" We live in an era with no historical precedents. History is no longer useful as a tool in helping us understand current changes. "

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" I think as a species we're not designed to be able to think more than one year into the future - if that. Even trying to imagine one year from now makes most people feel like they've been given a huge boring chunk of homework that's too hard to do. "

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" I think way back, the '20s or the '30s, when Kodak came out with the Brownie and they put a list of instructions on the box, like how to use this thing, I think someone arbitrarily said, 'Make sure the person in the photograph is smiling.' And we went from that one sort of set of industrial instructions to this whole culture of perkiness. "

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" I don't know how anyone gets anything done in cities. How can you live somewhere like London or New York, when there are 81 things to do every night? Awful. Give me solitude and space any time. "

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" Most of us have only two or three genuinely interesting moments in our lives; the rest is filler. "

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" You can't get mad at weather because weather's not about you. Apply that lesson to most other aspects of life. "

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" The capacity for not feeling lonely can carry a very real price, that of feeling nothing at all. "

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" When the world throws you too much information, the only way you can stay sane or survive is to look for pattern recognition. Amidst all the blurs, is there a constellation that emerges, is there a straight line that's emerging? "

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" Mediums change you by their very existence. They do this on fundamental levels because they force you to favour certain parts of your brain over others. "

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" What if God exists except it turns out he doesn't really like people very much? "

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" I decided at 40 I was wasting entire chunks of my brain and didn't want to blow my one chance on Earth. I'm glad I made that decision. Writing is largely about time, while visual art is largely about space. Sometimes, as with film, you can hybridize, but I think it's basically the space part of my brain wanting equal footing with the time part. "

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" Clowns drink to blot out the ravages of terrifying children for a living. "

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" You spend a much larger part of your life being old, not young. "

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" As a form of escapism, yearning for the 20th century is understandable, but in practice it would be horrible - sort of like going on a holiday promising yourself you could go without the Internet, only to crumble and walk in a daze to the local Internet cafe to gorge on connectivity. "

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" Lottery tickets are a surtax on desperation. "

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" I think most people either forget or don't know that Microsoft only hires people with I.Q.'s well over 130. "

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" In Canada, we're happy to provide a safe haven for next-door neighbors in the middle of a marital dispute. And if anyone trips while crossing the border, we're happy to set their broken bones for free. "

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" Everyone should have a tailor. David Wilkes, the guy who does my stuff, is like, 'Well you're a writer - do you want a special pen compartment or something?' Bespoke: That's the term you want to get out there. "

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" My father has never once asked me a question, any question. There's a freedom that came from that. It allowed me to create my own way of thinking. "

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" Men won't read any email from a woman that's over 200 words long. "

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