Lenses Quote by Charles Bartlett Johnson

The wonderful thing about being an American writer is you've got this vastness to draw from.

— David Means

My fiction occupies, actually, the very heart of American culture: this eternal question and struggle of what it means to be an American.

— Ken Liu

I consider myself a writer who writes about American expatriates. And if I have any overt cause as a writer besides writing the best…

— Bob Shacochis

I write and I write and a lot of times I go back to the American lens, though sometimes it's a struggle to come…

— Chath Piersath

I love a lot of American writers, but I think that for the most part the scope of what's accepted as great American writing…

— Rabih Alameddine

I wish every American explored the importance of novel writing, identity, honesty, character and place in fresh-ass ways.

— Kiese Laymon

I'm an immigrant and I've always wanted to write something about America.

— Peter Jennings

I'm married to an American, so I guess that has changed my perspective on the subjects I can write about.

— Laurie Graham

I've always tried to write about America. It's very worth a writer's effort.

— John Updike

I feel empowered to be a different kind of writer. The longer I stay here, the more light filters into my work. I feel…

— Bharati Mukherjee

I certainly think I'll end up writing about America in some form. I've taken plenty of notes. I like America very much.

— Helen Fielding

The Americans have always been more open to my ideas. In fact, I could earn a living in America just by lecturing. One of…

— Colin Wilson