Susan Orlean
Susan Orlean
Susan Orleanis an American journalist and author. She has been a staff writer for The New Yorker since 1992, and has contributed articles to many magazines including Vogue, Rolling Stone, Esquire, and Outside...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionJournalist
Date of Birth31 October 1955
CountryUnited States of America
inspiration simple people
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 curious person: who is this person? What's the story behind this situation? Why do people like this or dislike this thing?
writing magazines pieces
I love writing traditional magazine pieces, and especially their breadth of reporting and the deliberateness of the writing.
book borders responsible
I feel somewhat responsible for the Borders Books bankruptcy.
halloween moments born
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.
quality ineffable form
Among all life forms, there are creatures with charisma and creatures without. It's one of those ineffable qualities we can't quite define, but we all seem to respond similarly to.
advice realizing used
I am dismayed to realize that much of the advice I used to parcel out to aspiring writers has passed its sell-by date.
book titles different
Every single one of my books had its title changed almost as we were going to press, for all sorts of different reasons.
dog parks gathering
Dog parks are more cliquish than any other human gathering with the possible exception of seventh grade. Deal with it.
hero loss thinking
I think part of a hero construct is overcoming loss, or being abandoned, or having to make your own way in the world.
ideas use juniors
What's funny is that the idea of popularity - even the use of the word 'popular' - is something that had been mostly absent from my life since junior high. In fact, the hallmark of life after junior high seemed to be the shedding of popularity as a central concern.
winter hens firsts
I was never any good at remembering dates, but now I hardly have to. When the first bulb catalogs get delivered and the hens start laying again, that's all the notice I'll need to know that winter has passed.
birthday cutting thinking
I want a chainsaw very badly, because I think cutting down a tree would be unbelievably satisfying. I have asked for a chainsaw for my birthday, but I think I'll probably be given jewelry instead.
dog mean people
The fact that dogs are not people means you don't have as much response to the particulars.
procrastination thinking creative
I think of myself as something of a connoisseur of procrastination, creative and dogged in my approach to not getting things done.