I've definitely taken a lot of consolation from animals in my life. There have been times when I've been really sad, and… — Susan Orlean Copy Share Image
Unlimited choice is paralyzing. The Internet has made this form of paralysis due to option overload a standard feature of comfortable modern… — Susan Orlean Copy Share Image
An ordinary life examined closely reveals itself to be exquisite and complicated and exceptional, somehow managing to be both heroic and plain. — Susan Orlean Copy Share Image
Among all life forms, there are creatures with charisma and creatures without. It's one of those ineffable qualities we can't quite define,… — 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 think the real reason is that life has no meaning. I mean, no obvious meaning. You wake up, you go to… — Susan Orlean Copy Share Image
I think on a day-to-day basis, what attracts us in coexisting with another living, evolving thing, is that you have a relationship… — 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
“I, too, had set out to be remembered. I had wanted to create something permanent in my life- some proof that everything… — Susan Orlean Copy Share Image
What's funny is that the idea of popularity - even the use of the word 'popular' - is something that had been… — Susan Orlean Copy Share Image
“Country living—and definitely living in the country with a lot of animals—isn’t peaceful. It’s full of blood and guts and murder and… — Susan Orlean Copy Share Image
You could go crazy thinking of how unprivate our lives really are - the omnipresent security cameras, the tracking data on our… — Susan Orlean Copy Share Image
Living in a rural setting exposes you to so many marvelous things - the natural world and the particular texture of small-town… — Susan Orlean Copy Share Image
“It's not really about collecting the thing itself," Laroche went on. "It's about getting immersed in something, and learning about it, and… — 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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
“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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
