Chang-Rae Lee

I'm interested in people who find themselves in places, either of their choosing or not, and who are forced to decide how best to live there. That feeling of both citizenship and exile, of always being an expatriate - with all the attendant problems and complications and delight.

South Korean Novelist

Guillermo del Toro

I see myself as a perennial expatriate because, frankly, I don't think I fit comfortably in any conventional form of filmmaking, and I feel at the same time, depending on the project, I fit into many different ones.

Mexican Director

Guy Gavriel Kay

I don't know a writer who doesn't feel some sense of glamour and magic and a complex, wistful sadness emanating from the expats of the twenties in France. Some of the sadness, of course, is that we weren't there.

Canadian Author

Vaani Kapoor

My internship with Oberoi hotels and later working with the ITC group in Jaipur helped me get a better exposure; I got to meet expatriates and get acquainted with people from different parts of the country.

Indian Actress

Chris Pavone

Expats are a self-selecting group of outgoing, confident people - if you're not those things, you probably don't choose this adventure - and the lifestyle is very conducive to making fast, close friends.

American Novelist

Abdul Qadeer Khan

I see my future with my family, with my grandsons and daughters, and I want to look after some welfare institutions I had set up at different places in the country with the help of expatriate Pakistanis.

Pakistani Scientist

Tony Campolo

Haitians do not need development programs imposed on them by expatriates. Instead, they need help in developing as self-assured persons.

American Clergyman

Alain Dehaze

For employers, mobility no longer means merely traditional expatriate placements, but moving jobs to where talented people are located.

Belgian Businessman

Cyril Connolly

It is a mistake to expect good work from expatriates for it is not what they do that matters but what they are not doing.

English Journalist

William Klein

Being an expatriate doesn't go down well in America.

French Photographer

An expatriate often retains their original citizenship and identity while living abroad.

Identity Nuance

Being an expatriate may be temporary; they can plan to return to their home country.

Temporary Nature

Expatriates often join communities of people from their home country or other expatriates.

Social Circles

Expatriate as an adjective can imply someone abroad for work, possibly on assignment.

Work Related

The term may highlight someone adapting to a new culture while retaining their original identity.

Cultural Adjustment

Expatriate as a verb shows a deliberate action to live in another country, suggesting a decisive move.

Active Choice

Expatriating suggests a long-term or permanent change in residence, not just a short stay.

Long-Term Implication

 and I've lived in the US for six years. If you ask me about my life as an expatriate, I would say that I've been lucky. But it hasn't been easy. Growing up, I never thought that I was going to leave my homeland.

Johanna Figueira:...

 rock group comprised mostly of expats from Iran Ali was vibrant full of positive energy nothing but love I was used to reporting on people I didn't

Gun violence as told by...

 seventy percent of them are expats so the big problem we have right now are the expat problem monkey parents tend to