American Quote by Jami Attenberg

The thing about living in New York as a writer is that you hit that age where it feels like everyone has a book…

— Mary H.K. Choi

I have come to understand myself as more of a New York writer, or more of a woman writer, but I don't feel like…

— Sloane Crosley

I've never thought about the con of living in New York as a writer. Because I always think, Oh, what fun to be around…

— Victoria Chang

Who does get to claim Americanness? You know, my brother was born in this country. And is he seen as American? So, I mean,…

— Lulu Wang

In Geneva, I was seen as an outsider. In the U.S., I was considered Eurotrash. And in London, I'm seen as an American.

— Danny Rimer

Isn't it sad that really the only times I feel seen as an American are when I'm abroad? I'm not saying racism doesn't exist…

— Jonathan Capehart

I've always seen myself as an all-American kid, you know. You're not just white or black or Asian or Latino. We're in the melting…

— Charles Melton

I like the way that American has become a kind of spiritual home even for people who have never seen it. American dreams are…

— Pico Iyer

Maybe just as many women writers as male writers could be billed as the next great American writer by their publisher. Maybe book criticism…

— Jami Attenberg

I just knew I would be a writer. It just seemed the only sensible thing to do.

— Jane Gardam

Part of being a writer is just getting it in your bones, getting the muscle memory down, just doing it.

— Raphael Bob-Waksberg

I am not a writer at all, I am just a person who is trying to share the things he made wrong will not…

— Nishan Panwar