Compass Quote by Susan Orlean

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

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

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

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

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

“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

I think of myself as something of a connoisseur of procrastination, creative and dogged in my approach to not getting things done.

— Susan Orlean

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

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

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

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

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