All Susan Orlean Quotes
- I am unusually Halloween-attentive, because, as it happens, I was born on Halloween, so for me it has always been an occasion of great moment. Attentive
- I feel somewhat responsible for the Borders Books bankruptcy. Bankruptcy
- I love writing traditional magazine pieces, and especially their breadth of reporting and the deliberateness of the writing. Breadth
- I teach a non-fiction writing class at New York University, and one of my great pleasures is deciding on the syllabus. Class
- I went to a football school, which meant that I went to a university that served up education and was simultaneously operating a sports franchise. Education
- I've tried a lot of different apps to manage Twitter on my phone (I use Hootsuite on my laptop), but I think the official Twitter… Apps
- It is hard to imagine Thomas Kinkade as anything less than supremely self-assured. Anything Less
- Keeping animals, I have learned, is all about water. Who even knew chickens drank water? I didn't, but they do, and a lot. All
- Knowledge is a beautiful thing, but there are a few things I wish I didn't know. Beautiful
- On the very same day that I ordered an iPad 2, I went shopping to buy myself a letter opener. I like to cover all… All
- Oversized houses, like oversized cars, seem to be a particularly American fixation. American
- Unlimited choice is paralyzing. The Internet has made this form of paralysis due to option overload a standard feature of comfortable modern life. Choice
- Why, I wonder, should the popularity of a news story matter to me? Does it mean it's a good story or just a seductive one? Doe
- You can find out anything you want about a car now, and especially every bit of information about the price, without relying on the dealers. Bit
- I am of mixed minds about the issue of privacy. On one hand, I understand that information is power, and power is, well, power, so… Celebrity
- I had forgotten how thrilling a snow day is until my son started school, and as much as he loves it, he swoons at the… Arriving
- I had never considered using a hashtag anywhere other than on Twitter, but now I'm inspired. Text messages have always seemed a little flat to… Always Seemed
- I rarely listen to commercial radio, and when I do, I'm shocked by how many ads there are, and how annoying they are, and how… Ads
- I remember, when I was a kid, watching my mother jam herself into her girdle - a piece of equipment so rigid it could stand… Coming
- I want to let my friend Buster know that I would like to have dinner with him tonight. Does Buster work at home? Then how… Buster
- In an interesting inversion of status, the reigning breed in the dog park these days is the really-oddball-unidentifiable-mixed-breed-mutt-found-wandering-the-street or its equivalent. The stranger the mutt… Better
- Living in a rural setting exposes you to so many marvelous things - the natural world and the particular texture of small-town life, and the… Exhilarating
- Sense of smell, of course, is only one of those dog qualities that can't be replicated or improved upon. I've been researching dogs in warfare… Accounts
- They will be given as gifts; books that are especially pretty or visual will be bought as hard copies; books that are collectible will continue… Anyone
- When I was a kid, Halloween was strictly a starchy-vegetable-only holiday, with pumpkins and Indian corn on the front stoop; there was nothing electric, nothing… Corn