Sebastian Horsley Quotes

Whenever people in that part of the world asked Patterson about the wonders of America, the possibilities and the hope of America, Patterson would say that it was a good and fine place but all the Americans were running it into the ground and that it would be a far better place if it had no Americans.

I'm interested in what it means to be an American. I'm interested in what it means to live in America. I'm interested in the kind of country that we live in and leave our kids. I'm interested in trying to define what that country is.

I know very few Americans, though I like the way they think. They think big.

Much of my work is engaged with 'America' - the idea of America.

America is a country in which I see the most persistant idealism and the blandest of cynicism and the race is on between its vitality and its decadence.

America has a genius for the encouragement of fame.

I see America has infused you with the optimism that has made her so great

America, the country of my heart, my second home.

America believes in freedom. The English don't believe in it. They don't believe in happiness.

You can't kill America. We're more than a nation. We're a notion. We're an idea. The American Dream. You never heard of the Afghanistani Dream have you. Except by bearded hermetic recluses with a fetish for uneducated women dressed as giant shuttlecocks.

I too have a certain idea of America. Moreover, I would not feel entitled to say that of any other country, except my own. This is not just sentiment, though I always feel ten years younger – despite the jet-lag – when I set foot on American soil: there is something so positive, generous, and open about the people – and everything actually works. I also feel, though, that I have in a sense a share of America.

I'm an American, and always will be. I happen to love that big, awkward, sprawling country very much - and its big, awkward, sprawling people.

In Americana, the facts and the dreams seem to be all the same to me.

I'm interested in what it means to live in America. I'm interested in the kind of country that we live in and leave our kids. I'm interested in trying to define what that country is. I got the chutzpa or whatever you want to say to believe that if I write a really good about it, it's going to make a difference.

I certainly think I'll end up writing about America in some form. I've taken plenty of notes. I like America very much.

Whoever wants to know the heart and mind of America had better learn baseball.

The English are predisposed to pride, the French to vanity.

I love the diversity of America. I love the plain, normal sense of humor Americans have. It is not wicked, like in some countries. And I also love how new America is.

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

Americans' great and secret fear is that America may turn out to be a phenomenon rather than a civilization.

The spirit is at home, if not entirely satisfied, in America.

England as a culture has endured so much more than America has as a culture, so it's given them a different perspective.

I think Americans have always been pretty outspoken. I always found that if you had emotions in England, it's like, 'Here's a cup of tea.'

Americans, perhaps more than most people, have pondered the question of who they are and what their country is.

America is definitely something I'm pretty excited about.