Quotes by : Susan Orlean

Living in a rural setting exposes you to so many marvelous things - the natural world and the particular....

Winter in the country is very white. There is black grit on all the shoulders of the roads and on the....

What's funny is that the idea of popularity - even the use of the word 'popular' - is something that....

You have to simply love writing, and you have to remind yourself often that you love it.

I have no idea how to get in touch with anyone anymore. Everyone, it seems, has a home phone, a cell....

Parents, it seems, have an almost Olympian persistence when it comes to suggesting more secure and lucrative....

I wanted a Fakahatchee ghost orchid, in full bloom, maybe attached to a gnarled piece of custard apple....

The first thing I think about when I wake up most mornings is the fact that I'm tired. I have been tired....

Dogs really are perfect soldiers. They are brave and smart; they can smell through walls, see in the....

I have long been one of those tedious people who rails against the coronation of 'student-athletes.'....