One lost an IQ point for every year spent on the West Coast

“It's like people think just because you go to church you're not all that bright. I mean just because I'm a born-again doesn't mean…

— Sue Grafton

One in six people in the U.S. at some point each year don't know where their next meal will come from.

— Sylvia Mathews Burwell

“If your IQ was one point lower, you'd be a plant,' was Steve's only comment.”

— Robert Ludlum

So for a year I spent all my time hiding from Jack Charlton in the car park practising my skills.

— Craig Johnston

“I thought about how the past can become so small. An entire day, 24 separate, heavy hours, becomes the size of a tiny brown…

— Kimberly Novosel

It would have been a hard year if I'd spent it berating myself for not working on the book.

— Emily Barton

“It had not seemed difficult, on a small income, to know what was right to do…Now, with so much, it was daily a decision:…

— Laura Kinsale

I feel like too many people on the West Coast, they're too needy. They feel they need Snoop or Game. I never did any…

— Tyga

I was always real deep into music. From everything, all around the board - from East Coast, West Coast, down South, everywhere. I just…

— Young Dolph

Since I was a kid, I've had an absolute obsession with particular kinds of American music. Mississippi Delta blues of the Thirties, Chicago blues…

— Robert Plant

I have a West Coast rhythm section and a New York rhythm section. I've got them spread out all over the place.

— Marian McPartland

You don't have to come from Trinidad to really love Harry Belafonte, you don't have to come from the West Coast to appreciate the…

— Seth Avett

The United States is filled with power places. The majority of them, however, are to be found either along the West Coast and in…

— Frederick Lenz

On the West Coast, things are more relaxed, maybe because people have more fun outdoors. In the East, where the weather is not so…

— Robert Parish

“You’re American, yes?” Daniela said. “Yes.” “New York?” “Oregon.” “Dónde?” Where? “It’s a state on the West Coast.” “Near Los Angeles?” Brigitte asked. “North…

— Lisa Cach