It was very liberating, living in a foreign country, a place where everything was new and strange - the food, the customs, the climate, everything.

I couldn't settle in Italy - it was like living in a foreign country.

Her name...was Mrs. marina Orlova, and she had grown up in Siberia. Later, she would tell him that she loathed the American custom of constantly smiling: "They are like chimpanzees," she said, in her bitter exclamatory voice. She grimaced, baring her teeth grotesquely. "Eee!" she said. "I smile at you! Eee! It is repulsive.

It is fantastic to be found in a foreign country.

I enjoy very much being in a foreign country, in a new country, new place. And I enjoy also beginning a new book. It's like being someone else.

All of life is a foreign country.