Douglas Coupland : (13) " Most of us have only two or three genuinely interesting moments in our lives; the rest is filler. " - Douglas Coupland " Fashion only seems to make sense if it’s rooted in some dimension of history or if it feels like a continuation of an idea. " - Douglas Coupland " Handmade presents are scary because they reveal that you have too much free time. " - Douglas Coupland " It’s very strange that most people don’t care if their knowledge of their family history only goes back three generations. " - Douglas Coupland " I connect fashion to other peoples’ elegance, but not my own. I don’t think I’ve ever felt elegant. I’ve felt appropriate, but never elegant, and I wonder what that must be like. I like it when other people are elegant – I prefer it – but I can’t do it myself. I honestly think it’s some form of autistic disorder. " - Douglas Coupland " My own experience with being interviewed is mixed. I suppose they’re a part of my job, and as I would like readers to connect with my books, I do them. I’ve also made many lifelong friends whom I first encountered as interviewers – as a writer, they’re a terrific way to meet and add smart new people to one’s life. " - Douglas Coupland " God is what keeps us together after the love is gone. " - Douglas Coupland " If God drives a car, He’d drive a 1973 Ford LTD Brougham sedan with a claret-colored vinyl roof, with oxblood leather upholstery and an opera window. " - Douglas Coupland " I always thought of words as art supplies. " - Douglas Coupland " No-tech tourism is a form of temporal eco-tourism in which one reads books or watches film and TV precisely because of the absence of 21st-century technologies. " - Douglas Coupland