Deborah Eisenberg Quotes

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

I am not an African. I am an American.

We used to have a view that to really be a good Australian, to love Australia, you almost had to cut your links with the country of origin. But I don’t think that was right and it never was right.

I've always had a complex relationship towards my identity as an American.

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

I was born in America, but I consider myself a Filipino.

Jews have had to carry around their own sense of self in a carpet bag and I think perhaps too much emphasis might be being put on nationality and on the other hand patriotism, that sort of thing.

I really do feel part of America to my very bones; at the same time, I know that I come from somewhere else.

I was born in the USA, which many people still find hard to believe.

I feel Anglo-American.

I do consider myself as being French, I suppose.

We [native-born] could not choose, but they [immigrants] could and did choose to be Americans.

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

I was born in Australia and am proud of my Australian provenance, but I am now an American. Like so many naturalized citizens, I felt that I was an American before I formally became one.

I don't necessarily feel like I'm American. I wouldn't know what that feels like.

I am a permanent legal resident of this country, I was born in Korea; my parents came to America for a better life for our family, I've lived here nearly my whole life, and even though I consider myself through and through Korean and American, I guess when it comes down to it, anyone can take away my identity. It doesn't belong to me.

I'm English. I've never said the opposite. I'm 100 per cent English. In Portugal it happens that a lot of Brazilians play for Portugal and they're not Portuguese.

While I resonate deeply with my maternal cultural heritage, I identify as American.

I have always thought of myself as being Northern Irish because that's what I am.

I grew up in America - I was born and raised in Texas. I might look different, but at the same time, I'm pretty American.

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.

You can't be an American without being related to other Americans.

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