Alice Hoffman Quotes

Too many of us still believe our differences define us.

When we talk about communities, we seldom discuss the margins. But for every person nestled comfortably in the bosom of a community, there is someone else on the outskirts, feeling ambivalent. Ambiguous. Excluded. Unwilling or unable to come more fully into the fold.

The notion of 'we' is very important. I think, for any family, any community to be able to say 'we' in this family, it means something. It's dangerous to society when somebody will place himself or herself on the outside of 'we.'

I am a human being; nothing human can be alien to me.

I do feel like I'm not entirely an insider.

I am just like everyone else.

Probably every person is some mixture of wanting to feel a sense of commonality and shared experience with others but also wanting to feel completely singular and unique.

When I talk to another Afghan I am his or her equal and that moves me to tears.

I guess I always think of myself as more of the people. I always feel like a bit of an outsider.

When we define ourselves, when I define myself, the place in which I am like you and the place in which I am not like you, I'm not excluding you from the joining - I'm broadening the joining.

I'm no different than you.

I suppose when you are an outsider, you will always be an outsider.

People have asked me about playing outsiders. I don't consider myself an outsider. Maybe that's why I'm interested in that. I'm not really sure.

Every human being has to feel a part of a tribe. It's programmed into us. And you have to feel that you're contributing to something.

Never, ever, have I felt really accepted in Hollywood.

Who included me among the ranks of the human race?

Every group has its idiosyncrasies, but at a certain point we all are human.

I think you only really feel like an outsider if you've been an insider.

I think if you are an outsider then you are an outsider always.

I've never really fit in anywhere.

People are still people no matter how you cut it.

I've always craved to belong to somewhere, but I never have and never will.

I would find myself backing away from all of the 'isms', all of the communities. I have always been able to be misused by every community But that is OK. I would rather be misused than neglected.

I don't think I'm an outsider at all.

I'm a drifter and an outsider. There's not one single environment I can totally belong to.