I think the responsibility of running a huge business, which happens if you become a successful designer, probably makes you more careful. — Susan Orlean Copy Share Image
I think part of a hero construct is overcoming loss, or being abandoned, or having to make your own way in the… — Susan Orlean Copy Share Image
There are cultures that believe having your photograph taken steals your soul. I don't think there is a stolen soul in a… — 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
Sometimes I think I've figured out some order in the universe, but then I find myself in Florida — 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 remember thinking that a girdle was barbaric, and that never in a million years would I treat myself like a sleeping… — Susan Orlean Copy Share Image
The first thing I think about when I wake up most mornings is the fact that I'm tired. I have been tired… — Susan Orlean Copy Share Image
I didn't want to talk, and I didn't think dogs could solve my problems. But they were so uncritical and un-judgmental. Sometimes… — 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… — 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 approach stories as a private educational enterprise: I want to learn about something. I teach myself through research, reporting, and thinking,… — Susan Orlean Copy Share Image
I want a chainsaw very badly, because I think cutting down a tree would be unbelievably satisfying. I have asked for a… — 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… — Susan Orlean Copy Share Image
I've tried a lot of different apps to manage Twitter on my phone (I use Hootsuite on my laptop), but I think… — 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
The first thing I think about when I wake up most mornings is the fact that I'm tired. — 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
I'm much more willing to buy a novel electronically by someone I don't know. Because if halfway through I think, I don't… — 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
