Jhumpa Lahiri Quotes

I don't feel I have to defend myself for being English or for being Irish, because, in a way, I don't feel either. And, in another way, of course, I'm both.

For Americans I'll always be Israeli, and for Israelis I'll always be American. But I really have no need for definitions.

It's a complicated issue, but I define myself as an American, primarily.

I'm as proud to be Chinese as I am American.

There's so much negativity over this issue of dual nationality - nearly always from people who don't have mixed family backgrounds and don't understand that it's perfectly natural for those of us who do, to feel loyalty to more than one country.

I'm American by birth, but I consider myself Canadian.

Being Nigerian is a strong part of my identity. Being American is a strong part of my identity. And there are important parts of who I am that really have nothing to do with my national connection.

If pressed, I would say I feel British. It's where I grew up and where I choose to live, the culture that I love, but I feel perfectly at home in America, I don't feel like a tourist or anything.

I've never felt British. I'm just not interested in national identity. I don't know why.

I'm a Canadian citizen. But I always want to feel at home in Sri Lanka. I'm a member of both countries.

I am a citizen of the world, and also a citizen of Ukraine.

I'm 50% Asian actually, so yes I was born in Paris but I feel more international than French so I can't talk about French women.

My son will be an American, but I remain French.

I don't even know if I'm British any more. I'm transatlantic, I'm European.

It was very hard for me, for most of my life, to feel American, or call myself American, and that is a very complicated topic that would require a very long conversation.

I don't really know what feeling Japanese or Haitian or American is supposed to feel like. I just feel like me.

I'm sort of half-Chilean at this point anyway, half-Argentine. This is where I have been living and working for a long time now.

I feel totally French - I don't feel half-French because of my dual nationality. For me, dual nationality just means I don't deny my roots.

I don't really feel an allegiance to any of the countries I have lived in, even though I feel like part of them, and part of them is in me.

Je suis autant Chinois que Fran c° ais. I am as much Chinese as French.

I don't think of myself as either American or Australian really, I'm a true hybrid. It's a good thing for me because both of them are really good countries.

I happen to consider myself a Highlander even before a Scot; I am proud to be British yet feel comfortable as a European citizen.

But I don't think of myself as a foreigner or a Frenchman! I just think of myself as a director. Whether I'm French or Australian or whatever, it's really not important.

It's my country but I don't want to know about France - I was born there but I feel English.

I think of myself as being Jewish and Irish, despite the fact that I'm English.