Quite simply, quite plainly, just by virtue of his being, Obama is America. The first true American to lead our nation.
Washington politicians should not be treated any differently than any other American. That's what people are fed up with.
Out of every 10 scripts I get sent, seven are fairly generic about an American guy who gets the girl and is involved in underground espionage activity.
My house looks like it was decorated by a 14-year old with a platinum American Express card.
I became a playwright and screenwriter. Italian-Americans were my particular specialty. I liked the way they talked. There was something free in it.
Why, in our 'free' country, do Americans meekly stand aside and let the state limit our choices, even when we are dying?
And I think the American people look to the leaders to lead. They look to the leaders to take on the big problems. And the president deserves a lot of credit for doing that.
I knew people liked me on 'American Idol,' but I didn't think they'd care to come see me sing at my own show.
People understand we're on the doorstep of doing something really historic that will help the American people and strengthen our country for the long run.
I remember how, when I lived in Paris, there was a McDonald's, and I'd always see Americans eating there and think, 'Why do they come all the way to Paris and eat at McDonald's?'
New York is the meeting place of the peoples, the only city where you can hardly find a typical American.
If you ask what people say what American cuisine is, they cannot really do it. I don't know what it is.
We Americans sit at the head of the banquet table, as we have done for a century. Our standard of living is luxurious by any measure.
My father was an American who could cuss in Italian and make an aria out of it. It was wonderful to watch. But then again, he was a Gemini. I believe in that stuff.
Americans are a quarter of a billion people who have almost nothing in common except for the fact they've been told they have lots in common.
I don't call myself a white supremacist. I'm a civil rights activist concerned about European-American rights.
The way I grew up playing, and the way most Americans have grown up, is that you hit the ball up in the air and then it stops where it lands.
I've been as bad an influence on American literature as anyone I can think of.
That's what supporting the troops is really all about - making sure American grunts get the right stuff!
The problem is that Americans use the state as a moral compass. For libertarians, it is often frustrating to explain that advocating the decriminalization of x is not synonymous with endorsing x.
The tragedy of 9/11 galvanised the American superpower into action, leaving us in Europe divided in its wake.
