But maintaining an outsider identity is next to impossible when you've become so firmly a part of the establishment.
Starting with his job interview at Underwood Samson, a small firm that appraises businesses around the world, and a postgraduation trip to Greece with friends from Princeton, Changez maintains an outsider's double perspective.
Unlike many successful actors who revel in their hard-won status, however, Mr. Krause maintains an outsider's attitude toward an industry that has, temporarily at least, embraced him.
Not only five years ago, FYF was headlined by acts like spazz-rock duo Lightning Bolt and local post-punk heroes No Age, highlighting the fest's development into a slightly more indie Coachella-in-the-city as it strives to maintains an outsider aesthetic while incorporating new cultural elements.
He was deeply sentimental about ordinary working-class people -- and maintained an angry outsider posture in his column even as he was embraced by the conservative mandarins of Washington.
Eric Valli, a French filmmaker, was one of the first outsiders to visit the remote Nepalese region of Dolpo, where a Tibetan people maintain an ancient way of life.
Friends told me that TV night had been an institution for Gordon, Moore, and Coco, and outsiders were expected to maintain a respectful silence.
Some outsiders believe it maintains an excessively tight policy as a way of asserting its independence, which it won at around the time deflation took hold.
As Lowry recalled it, Morris had warned her that a reformer, in order to be successful, needed to maintain her "outsider cred".
