The higher American patriotism, on the other hand, combines loyalty to historical tradition and precedent with the imaginative projection of an ideal national Promise.
My wife was the first romantic partner who understood both American and native parts of me - not so much the positive stuff, but the damage.
Americans don't care what your language is, your race is, whatever. Everyone is there to do their own thing and be successful. I wish people in Britain would be more positive.
I used to wish there was a useful term for those of us who thought American power should be used to remove psychopathic dictators.
I want to tell stories about Europe - I feel profoundly European, I don't feel like an American.
As American families and businesses have been forced to tighten their belts, Washington has refused to do the same.
I shot this wonderful picture called American Saint a couple of years ago, which is still looking for release.
The problem is that Americans care more about saving whales than saving males.
I started out as an opportunistic renegade. By now, I've lasted long enough to become sort of an American Original Respectable Renegade.
I worked at the American Conservatory Theater in San Francisco, lived there for three years, and lived in Baltimore for 12 years.
I played English football - soccer - instead of American football, because we couldn't afford the equipment.
I don't think we should do anything that should make the people hate the American people more.
One of my favorite modern American authors is Denis Johnson. I'm deeply inspired by all of his work - I rip him off constantly.
I just finished writing an essay about William Maxwell, an American writer whose work I admire very much.
I think the American electorate should work a little harder at getting informed. That includes hearing, truly listening, to what the other side is saying. Whether you're left or right.
The Native American cultures on this continent, most of them, were matrilineal, and some women were the chiefs. Societies were about balance.
An estimated 2 million American women will be diagnosed with breast or cervical cancer this decade and screening could prevent up to 30% of these deaths for women over 40.
And of course in America you've got American football and baseball and all those other ball games, soccer has become a little niche that the women have kind of filled.
In today's U.S., it's possible for almost anyone - women, gays, African-Americans, Jews - to run for, and be elected to, high office.
The US military still blames the media for stories and images that turned the American public against the war in Vietnam.
If the American people really come to a settled belief that Bush lied us into war, his presidency will be over.
