Country Quote by Ariel Dorfman

Most writers live in self-imposed exile, even when they don't leave their country. They prefer the undiscovered country inside their own heads.

— Anthony McCarten

A lot of Americans don't really leave the country.

— Michael Pena

Everyone leaves the world a little better some by leaving.

— H. G. Wells

It is one of the paradoxes of American literature that our writers are forever looking back with love and nostalgia at lives they couldn't…

— Anatole Broyard

Seriously, some Americans just shouldnt leave the country.

— Carl Lewis

Seriously, some Americans just shouldn't leave the country.

— Carl Lewis

All writers of fiction will at some point find themselves abandoning a piece of work - or find themselves putting it aside, as we…

— Martin Amis

American culture never necessarily made sense to me, but they should warn you: leaving comes with a huge sense of alienation that never goes…

— Jessa Crispin

It's the tradition of American writers getting away in order to see the country - to get a better view.

— Laurie Anderson

For writers, so much is done in isolation. It can be easy to feel detached, or to get a little lost along the way.

— Brad Listi

People don't leave because things are hard. They leave because it's no longer worth it.

— Anonymous

Writers seem to me to be people who need to retire from social life and do a lot of thinking about what's happened -…

— Helen Garner