Susan Orlean

What’s funny is that the idea of popularity – even the use of the word ‘popular…

I work at home, in the country, and days will go by when, except for…

I went to a football school, which meant that I went to a university that…

I want a chainsaw very badly, because I think cutting down a tree would be…

Parents, it seems, have an almost Olympian persistence when it comes to suggesting more secure…

I wish I had coined the phrase ‘tyranny of choice,’ but someone beat me to…

In the course of transferring all my CDs to my iPod, I have found myself…

When I wonder what the future of books will be, I often think about horses…

I can imagine a future in which real books will exist but in a more…

You can find out anything you want about a car now, and especially every bit…

When my son was born, and after a day of lying-in I was told…

My ace in the hole as a human being used to be my capacity for…

Living in a rural setting exposes you to so many marvelous things – the natural world…

I don’t turn to greeting cards for wisdom and advice, but they are a fine…

Sometimes I’m dazzled by how modern and fabulous we are, and how easy everything can…