Douglas Coupland : (15) " Quick. Name ten dead redheads. " - Douglas Coupland " Soon it won’t be the Internet any more, it’ll just be like air, like somehow they’ll integrate the Internet into the air. And God’s name will have ended up being ‘Google,’ because that’s the way it worked out. It could have worked out that God’s name ended up being ‘Yahoo,’ of course, but they lost out. " - Douglas Coupland " 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