America Quote by Peter Carey

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

— John Updike

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

I don't think I will ever write about politics or foreign policy. I feel like there is so much good writing in those areas…

— Malcolm Gladwell

I don't like the climate in which writers have to work in the USA and I think it's my responsibility to talk about it.

— Edward Albee

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

As a writer I care about America, and care about its carelessness.

— Andrew O'Hagan

I'm not looking to write the great American novel, win a Pulitzer or teach history. I write to entertain my readers.

— Dorothy Garlock

There's no lack of writers writing novels in America, about America. Therefore, it seems to me it would be wasteful for me to add…

— Chinua Achebe

I don't make that hard and fast distinction between political and nonpolitical writing. I write about what bothers me.

— John Edgar Wideman

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

— Peter Jennings

My writing is a lens into the possibilities of the American experience.

— Charles Bartlett Johnson

By ignoring a lot of American culture you can write more interesting stories. Unfortunately, if you were writing about America as it is, you'd…

— Richard Russo