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Susan Orlean quotes: Orchid hunting is a mortal occupation. Orchid hunting is a mortal occupation.
Susan Orlean quotes: There's a marvelous sense of mastery that comes with writing a sentence that sounds exactly as you want it to. There's a marvelous sense of mastery that comes with writing a sentence that sounds exactly as you want it to.
Susan Orlean quotes: I would argue that it might be easier to endure loneliness than to endure the idea that you might disappear. I would argue that it might be easier to endure loneliness than to endure the idea that you might disappear.
Susan Orlean quotes: I teach a non-fiction writing class at New York University, and one of my great pleasures is deciding on the syllabus. I teach a non-fiction writing class at New York University, and one of my great pleasures is deciding on the syllabus.
Susan Orlean quotes: Writers like to write, and writing in different forms - short, long, bite-sized, done on the fly, done with painstaking attention - all interest me. Writers like to write, and writing in different forms - short, long, bite-sized, done on the fly, done with painstaking attention - all interest me.
Susan Orlean quotes: You have to simply love writing, and you have to remind yourself often that you love it. You have to simply love writing, and you have to remind yourself often that you love it.
Susan Orlean quotes: Oversized houses, like oversized cars, seem to be a particularly American fixation. Oversized houses, like oversized cars, seem to be a particularly American fixation.
Susan Orlean quotes: I love Japanese design and fabrics. I also love people who make clothes for mass consumption but do it well and cleverly. I love Japanese design and fabrics. I also love people who make clothes for mass consumption but do it well and cleverly.
Susan Orlean quotes: The biggest problem with working at a treadmill desk: the compulsion to announce constantly that you are working at a treadmill desk. The biggest problem with working at a treadmill desk: the compulsion to announce constantly that you are working at a treadmill desk.
Susan Orlean quotes: I think of myself as something of a connoisseur of procrastination, creative and dogged in my approach to not getting things done. I think of myself as something of a connoisseur of procrastination, creative and dogged in my approach to not getting things done.
Susan Orlean quotes: The fact that dogs are not people means you don't have as much response to the particulars. The fact that dogs are not people means you don't have as much response to the particulars.
Susan Orlean quotes: The lesson we have yet to learn from dogs, that could sustain us, is that having no apprehension of the past or future is not limiting but liberating. The lesson we have yet to learn from dogs, that could sustain us, is that having no apprehension of the past or future is not limiting but liberating.
Susan Orlean quotes: I love convincing a reader that an unusual or seemingly ordinary subject is worth his or her time - it's part of the fun for me as a writer. I love convincing a reader that an unusual or seemingly ordinary subject is worth his or her time - it's part of the fun for me as a writer.
Susan Orlean quotes: 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 my bases. 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 my bases.
Susan Orlean quotes: Dog parks are more cliquish than any other human gathering with the possible exception of seventh grade. Deal with it. Dog parks are more cliquish than any other human gathering with the possible exception of seventh grade. Deal with it.
Susan Orlean quotes: I don't turn to greeting cards for wisdom and advice, but they are a fine reflection of the general drift of the culture. I don't turn to greeting cards for wisdom and advice, but they are a fine reflection of the general drift of the culture.
Susan Orlean quotes: I suppose I do have one embarrassing passion- I want to know what it feels like to care about something passionately. I suppose I do have one embarrassing passion- I want to know what it feels like to care about something passionately.
Susan Orlean quotes: 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? 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?
Susan Orlean quotes: I don't like hiking with convicts carrying machetes. I don't like hiking with convicts carrying machetes.
Susan Orlean quotes: Even after I'd published three books and had been writing full-time for twenty years, my father continued to urge me to go to law school. Even after I'd published three books and had been writing full-time for twenty years, my father continued to urge me to go to law school.
Susan Orlean quotes: 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. 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.
Susan Orlean quotes: Animals can seem more pure. Without complication, I mean, animals are selfless. What animals do for us, they do out of instinct. Animals can seem more pure. Without complication, I mean, animals are selfless. What animals do for us, they do out of instinct.
Susan Orlean quotes: I am dismayed to realize that much of the advice I used to parcel out to aspiring writers has passed its sell-by date. 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 quotes: Most writing doesn't take place on the page; it takes place in your head. Most writing doesn't take place on the page; it takes place in your head.
Susan Orlean quotes: One of the very best reasons for having children is to be reminded of the incomparable joys of a snow day. One of the very best reasons for having children is to be reminded of the incomparable joys of a snow day.
Susan Orlean quotes: There is nothing more melancholy than empty festive places. There is nothing more melancholy than empty festive places.
Susan Orlean quotes: 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 app is really good. 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 app is really good.
Susan Orlean quotes: 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. 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 quotes: Knowledge is a beautiful thing, but there are a few things I wish I didn't know. Knowledge is a beautiful thing, but there are a few things I wish I didn't know.
Susan Orlean quotes: I can imagine a future in which real books will exist but in a more limited, particular way. I can imagine a future in which real books will exist but in a more limited, particular way.
Susan Orlean quotes: If you had really loved something, wouldn't a little bit of it always linger? If you had really loved something, wouldn't a little bit of it always linger?
Susan Orlean quotes: I have worked on PCs and on Macs and, while I have my preferences, I don't find it crippling to work on one rather than the other. I have worked on PCs and on Macs and, while I have my preferences, I don't find it crippling to work on one rather than the other.
Susan Orlean quotes: It is hard to imagine Thomas Kinkade as anything less than supremely self-assured. It is hard to imagine Thomas Kinkade as anything less than supremely self-assured.
Susan Orlean quotes: The genius of a folk melody or story is not the feeling that it's original but quite the opposite - the feeling that it has existed all along. The genius of a folk melody or story is not the feeling that it's original but quite the opposite - the feeling that it has existed all along.
Susan Orlean quotes: I think the responsibility of running a huge business, which happens if you become a successful designer, probably makes you more careful. I think the responsibility of running a huge business, which happens if you become a successful designer, probably makes you more careful.
Susan Orlean quotes: Every single one of my books had its title changed almost as we were going to press, for all sorts of different reasons. Every single one of my books had its title changed almost as we were going to press, for all sorts of different reasons.
Susan Orlean quotes: I would like to make sleeping my new hobby, except that I'm too tired, really, to have a hobby. But a girl can always dream. I would like to make sleeping my new hobby, except that I'm too tired, really, to have a hobby. But a girl can always dream.
Susan Orlean quotes: 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. 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.
Susan Orlean quotes: I think coexisting with another life form is a very rich experience. It's why people keep plants and animals. I think coexisting with another life form is a very rich experience. It's why people keep plants and animals.
Susan Orlean quotes: Unlimited choice is paralyzing. The Internet has made this form of paralysis due to option overload a standard feature of comfortable modern life. Unlimited choice is paralyzing. The Internet has made this form of paralysis due to option overload a standard feature of comfortable modern life.
Susan Orlean quotes: Libraries are what is best about us as a society: open, exciting, rich, informative, free, inclusive, engaging. Libraries are what is best about us as a society: open, exciting, rich, informative, free, inclusive, engaging.
Susan Orlean quotes: When you're researching you're learning. When you're writing, you're teaching. When you're researching you're learning. When you're writing, you're teaching.
Susan Orlean quotes: Sometimes I think I've figured out some order in the universe, but then I find myself in Florida Sometimes I think I've figured out some order in the universe, but then I find myself in Florida
Susan Orlean quotes: A snow day literally and figuratively falls from the sky, unbidden, and seems like a thing of wonder. A snow day literally and figuratively falls from the sky, unbidden, and seems like a thing of wonder.
Susan Orlean quotes: One of my favorite activities as a teen-ager was to watch television over the phone with my best friend. One of my favorite activities as a teen-ager was to watch television over the phone with my best friend.
Susan Orlean quotes: Keeping animals, I have learned, is all about water. Who even knew chickens drank water? I didn't, but they do, and a lot. Keeping animals, I have learned, is all about water. Who even knew chickens drank water? I didn't, but they do, and a lot.
Susan Orlean quotes: Every corny thing that's said about living with nature - being in harmony with the earth, feeling the cycle of the seasons - happens to be true. Every corny thing that's said about living with nature - being in harmony with the earth, feeling the cycle of the seasons - happens to be true.
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. 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.
Susan Orlean quotes: When a machine can do something better and faster than a person can, I am happy to let the machine do it. When a machine can do something better and faster than a person can, I am happy to let the machine do it.
Susan Orlean quotes: I think part of a hero construct is overcoming loss, or being abandoned, or having to make your own way in the world. I think part of a hero construct is overcoming loss, or being abandoned, or having to make your own way in the world.
Susan Orlean quotes: I love writing traditional magazine pieces, and especially their breadth of reporting and the deliberateness of the writing. I love writing traditional magazine pieces, and especially their breadth of reporting and the deliberateness of the writing.
Susan Orlean quotes: An ordinary life examined closely reveals itself to be exquisite and complicated and exceptional, somehow managing to be both heroic and plain. An ordinary life examined closely reveals itself to be exquisite and complicated and exceptional, somehow managing to be both heroic and plain.
Susan Orlean quotes: In my perfect world, we would establish perhaps four national zoos of unimpeachable quality and close the rest of them. In my perfect world, we would establish perhaps four national zoos of unimpeachable quality and close the rest of them.
Susan Orlean quotes: I like the idea that people get engaged thinking about design, about creativity. I don't see how it could possibly be bad. 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 quotes: Dogs really are perfect soldiers. They are brave and smart; they can smell through walls, see in the dark, and eat Army rations without complaint. Dogs really are perfect soldiers. They are brave and smart; they can smell through walls, see in the dark, and eat Army rations without complaint.
Susan Orlean quotes: I feel somewhat responsible for the Borders Books bankruptcy. I feel somewhat responsible for the Borders Books bankruptcy.

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