I've made it my mission to make movies starring African…

The interesting thing about the African-American experience in this country is that we are sort of a mongrel of people. I mean we're all…

— Barack Obama

The Souvenir is an incredibly specific story, but people recognise the universal in it. Because, that's how stories work.

— Tom Burke

I have not lost any of my crazy, fearless, raw, soulful, eclectic side and I plan on continuing to tell universal stories in an…

— Janelle Monae

The best stories are universal stories that have been told for as long as humanity has existed it's just figuring out new ways to…

— James Frey

When I was writing stories about Chinese American characters in my fiction classes, I'd get comments like, 'You should consider writing more universal stories.'…

— Jenny Zhang

That larger story in 'Salvage the Bones' is just about survival, and I think that, in the end, there are things about this novel…

— Jesmyn Ward

I'm a storyteller who wants to tell untold, meaningful, universal stories in unforgettable ways. I want to do it all, study it all, and…

— Janelle Monae

I insist that through specificity, honesty, and diversity, who gets to hold the storytelling stick, you can have really universal stories that everyone can…

— Greta Lee

“Paranoid thinking seems to be a legacy of all revolutions, with purists searching for signs of heresy, and the American experience was no exception.”

— Ron Chernow

Hip-hop in Africa has been very often a duplication of an American experience, but in a context that's totally alien to it.

— K'naan

Growing up in the U.S., I was certainly deeply aware of the power of American media, specifically Hollywood and television, in terms of broadcasting…

— Nguyen Viet Thang

There are aspects of Asian culture in my work, but it's really rooted in an American experience - transcendentalism, '60s counterculture, punk rock.

— Fred Tomaselli

When under siege, if we do not stand for our liberties and for the liberties of those who are unable to stand for themselves,…

— Tim Huelskamp

Undeniably the American art form, too. And yet more and more, we see films made that diminish the American experience and example. And sometimes…

— Charlton Heston

You've got Washington picking winners and losers. And so, all of a sudden, decisions are being made on what helps politicians, not what helps…

— Jeb Hensarling