Writing about unknown people means I spend a lot of time arguing to the reader about why it's worth knowing about them.… — Susan Orlean Copy Share Image
When I still lived in Manhattan, people-watching was my hobby, and I spent many Sunday afternoons eating up the scene from a… — Susan Orlean Copy Share Image
The fact that dogs are not people means you don't have as much response to the particulars. — Susan Orlean Copy Share Image
I like the idea that people get engaged thinking about design, about creativity. I don't see how it could possibly be bad. — Susan Orlean Copy Share Image
I think coexisting with another life form is a very rich experience. It's why people keep plants and animals. — Susan Orlean Copy Share Image
I love Japanese design and fabrics. I also love people who make clothes for mass consumption but do it well and cleverly. — Susan Orlean Copy Share Image
Election Day outside of big cities is different. For one thing, there are so few people in my town that each individual… — Susan Orlean Copy Share Image
The one thing I've discovered about social media is that people love answering questions. In fact, it sometimes feels like at any… — Susan Orlean Copy Share Image
I have long been one of those tedious people who rails against the coronation of 'student-athletes.' I have heard the argument that… — Susan Orlean Copy Share Image
The world is so huge that people are always getting lost in it. There are too many ideas and things and people… — Susan Orlean Copy Share Image
I want to let my friend Buster know that I would like to have dinner with him tonight. Does Buster work at… — Susan Orlean Copy Share Image
You may never learn the names of any of the people you talk to in a dog park, even after many, many… — Susan Orlean Copy Share Image
College athletics are so entrenched and enjoyed by so many people that they will never be discontinued or substantially changed. I know… — Susan Orlean Copy Share Image
There will always be vain, obsessive people who want to own rare and extraordinary things whatever the cost; there will always be… — Susan Orlean Copy Share Image
I'm always mystified by the day-to-day workings of entities like Twitter that provide framework but not content, but I suppose it could… — Susan Orlean Copy Share Image
They will be given as gifts; books that are especially pretty or visual will be bought as hard copies; books that are… — Susan Orlean Copy Share Image
We do a lot of bird-watching up in the country, but we almost never have a chance to people-watch. There simply aren't… — Susan Orlean Copy Share Image
I never thought very many people in the world were very much like John Laroche, but I realized more and more that… — Susan Orlean Copy Share Image
My inspiration is really very simple: I'm struck by things that I want to know more about. I really do react just… — Susan Orlean Copy Share Image
It seems that half the point of being in Miami Beach - particularly the northern end of South Beach - is to… — Susan Orlean Copy Share Image
I've used Twitter now and again to try to figure something out; it's an amazing resource. But I think you have to use it… — Susan Orlean Copy Share
Who on earth is going to use 'utilize' in a text message, a whopping seven characters including the always-hard-to-type 'z,' when you can say… — Susan Orlean Copy Share
When my son was born, and after a day of lying-in I was told that I could leave the hospital and take him home,… — Susan Orlean Copy Share
I'm happy to be reminded that an ordinary day full of nothing but nothingness can make you feel like you've won the lottery. — Susan Orlean Copy Share
I once had a boyfriend who couldn't write unless he was wearing a necktie and a dress shirt, which I thought was really weird,… — Susan Orlean Copy Share
“I, too, had set out to be remembered. I had wanted to create something permanent in my life- some proof that everything in its… — Susan Orlean Copy Share
I think of myself as something of a connoisseur of procrastination, creative and dogged in my approach to not getting things done. — Susan Orlean Copy Share
I'm very excited about my new Spotify account, which gives me access to twenty gazillion songs any time, all the time. The day I… — Susan Orlean Copy Share
I approach stories as a private educational enterprise: I want to learn about something. I teach myself through research, reporting, and thinking, and then,… — Susan Orlean Copy Share
We're fascinated by animals because it's almost like having Martians living among us. We can see some familiarity in them, but they're entirely different… — Susan Orlean Copy Share
My inspiration is really very simple: I'm struck by things that I want to know more about. I really do react just as a… — Susan Orlean Copy Share
I am dismayed to realize that much of the advice I used to parcel out to aspiring writers has passed its sell-by date. — Susan Orlean Copy Share
I wish I had coined the phrase 'tyranny of choice,' but someone beat me to it. The counterintuitive truth is that have an abundance… — Susan Orlean Copy Share
My ace in the hole as a human being used to be my capacity for remembering birthdays. I worked at it. Whenever I made… — Susan Orlean Copy Share
Sometimes I think I've figured out some order in the universe, but then I find myself in Florida — Susan Orlean Copy Share
