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I don't understand anything about America's culture.

Like so many Americans, I am sick and tired of watching the rapid decline of our culture right in front of our eyes.

It's because we are so flooded with American culture that we're startled when we see ourselves up there on the screen.

America is a great disappointment to me. As I said in one of my books, other societies create civilisations; we build shopping malls.

I don't feel alienated from American culture, but I understand people who do.

I am surprised and embarrassed to be a part of the first American generation to leave the country in far worse shape than it was when we first came into it.

Don't get me wrong - I'm a big fan of things American - but when American people do British stuff, it's so universally dreadful.

I find that Americans completely lack sensibility and good taste. They are boring, and they all have faces like unbaked rolls.

One thing that is not to be underestimated is American culture's influence on the rest of the world.

People ask if I miss it, but they don't understand that American culture is so ubiquitous that there's nothing to miss. I don't see myself moving back. It's not that I hate the United States. I just always thought it would be a shame not to live in a foreign country.