If you have a great idea, you should be able to communicate it as well. It's like the sound of one hand clapping. You have a great idea but aren't able to express it - well, how great was the idea?

A vast percentage of the human race is literally not wired neurologically to get irony. Well more than half of humanity takes life at face value, which is to me terrifying.

If you write fiction, you have to love your characters. It's like your family. You don't have to like them, but you have to love them.

Douglas Coupland Quotes