Our U.S. audience is composed of globally-minded Americans, an elite category, the ones who do have passports, the decision-makers, senior ranks in the administration, senators on Capitol Hill.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
It's been interesting to see how similar audiences in the East and West are, actually, and how it makes you realize that when politicians emphasize the differences between our cultures, it's usually because it benefits them more so than us.
I think most Americans understand that we went through a period in which American leadership was judged quite critically internationally.
I am undoubtedly one of the more, if not the most, privileged undocumented immigrants in America. And for us at Define American, which is this culture campaign group that I founded with some friends, culture trumps politics.
The problem with our role is Americans live in a world of illusion.
Being an American is such a rich environment, because there's so many people from other countries and cultures, and through that you're able to see other people's experiences.
Through my fiction, I make mainstream readers see the new Americans as complex human beings, not as just 'The Other.'
I think American interests are served when there are sections of the world that have representative governments, politically open economic systems, and are willing to take a stand against some of the more extreme ideologies that there are around the world.
The overwhelming majority of Americans are possessed of two great qualities a sense of humor and a sense of proportion.
Americans are inclined to see the world and foreign affairs in black and white.
My interest generally is the hidden Americans; the ones who live far away from the headlines.