I want to prevent us reifying 'the Internet' as something to be preserved like some people want to preserve the American Constitution as it was written.
Americans believe that they still live in the land of opportunity - the country that offers the greatest chance of economic advancement. But this is no longer the case.
All my artistic response comes from American things, and I guess I've always had a weakness for heroic imagery.
Since that first showing of Foolish Wives I have seemed to walk through vast crowds of people, their white American faces turned towards me in stern reproof.
Americans have their issues with skin colour, even within the black community, with light and dark skin; it's crazy - but no one's oblivious to it.
I don't think there's an archetype for the Justin Bieber fan. A Bieber fan just looks like an American. You wouldn't even need a costume to try and resemble one.
Rugby is a different game. There is an interruption every two minutes also in American football. Our soccer is a moving game: play, play, play, move, move - you don't interrupt.
I allowed Rick Santorum to express views and ideas that the American people never would have had expressed.
With or without a Social Security fix, Americans don't have enough assets to retire on. There has to be a much larger debate.
Preserving parks and open spaces is a winner because it doesn't need to be explained to everyday Americans.
There is a mysterious cycle in human events. To some generations much is given. Of other generations much is expected. This generation of Americans has a rendezvous with destiny.
If we can boondoggle ourselves out of this depression, that word is going to be enshrined in the hearts of the American people for years to come.
And it's difficult for the average American to understand why something like that could be so important and why a little small place like Taiwan would be so important to the PRC.
It hasn't been easy to find American citizens who are willing to pick fruit in 110 degree weather.
I believe if more American children read the Ten Commandments and are taught what they mean, they will predictably engage in less crime.
Not only must Americans admire Israel, there can be no doubt that we have an interest in, and special responsibility for, that valiant nation.
Although most Americans believed in Manifest Destiny, few could agree on exactly which lands the United States was supposed to govern.
As the nation's elderly population grows, dozens of industries have tried to harness the political might of older Americans for corporate goals.
I was always in bands before, but on 'American Idol,' it was about getting my voice out there. It was always my goal, though, to get a band together again.
If an American audience is given a serious musical theater piece that is well produced, dramatically gripping and wonderfully acted, they'll respond to it.
When I've seen my operas in Europe, they have always struck me as more American than when I hear them here. I can't tell you what that phenomenon is.
