“Writing about fashion forces you to overcome the nagging feeling that fashion doesn't "matter", that it's trivial or fleeting. I just look at it anthropologically, which is different from the way I'd write about art.” WayWritingLooksArtDifferentMatterFeelingsForceFashionOvercomingFleetingNagging Author:Susan Orlean
“Writing about someone well known removes that obligation of defending it as a subject, but it also means that some of the surprise and freshness is already gone. It's so different - in some ways much harder for me.” WayWritingWellsMeanDifferentKnownGoneSubjectsHarderSurpriseObligationRemoveWell KnownFreshnessAlready Gone Author: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 creatures.” DifferentAnimalCreaturesFascinatedFamiliarityMartians Author:Susan Orlean
“I think on a day-to-day basis, what attracts us in coexisting with another living, evolving thing, is that you have a relationship that's different than with a piece of furniture. We experience the cycle of life through these other beings.” ThinkingDifferentPiecesBasesEvolveCyclesDay To DayFurnitureCycle Of Life Author:Susan Orlean
“Writers like to write, and writing in different forms - short, long, bite-sized, done on the fly, done with painstaking attention - all interest me.” WritingLongDifferentDoneFormInterestAttentionBites Author:Susan Orlean
“Election Day outside of big cities is different. For one thing, there are so few people in my town that each individual vote really does matter, and several local races have been decided by as many votes as you can count on one hand.” PeopleDoeHas BeensDifferentMatterHandsBigsIndividualRaceCitiesOne ThingDecidedVoteTownsElectionLocalsBig CitiesElection Day Author:Susan Orlean
“Every single one of my books had its title changed almost as we were going to press, for all sorts of different reasons.” BookDifferentReasonChangedPressesTitles Author:Susan Orlean
“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.” ThinkingDifferentUsePhonesManageOfficialsLaptopsApps Author:Susan Orlean
“Having animals in the city is entirely different from having animals out in the country. For one thing, it's more social. When you live on lots of acres without neighbors within a stone's throw, your dog-walks are usually solitary rambles over hill and dale.” DifferentCountrySocialWalksAnimalCitiesOne ThingDogStonesNeighborHillsSolitaryAcres Author:Susan Orlean
