Alleys Quote by Bill Bryson

“In this he was like most Midwesterners. Directions are very important to them. They have an innate need to be oriented, even in their…

— Bill Bryson

I have a strange fascination with the Midwest. I'm waiting to find out that my parents are actually from the Midwest. I grew up…

— Jason Reitman

Most of my books are set in the American Midwest, where I have always lived. Midwesterners are lovely, down-to-earth people. The luxury of choosing…

— Leigh Michaels

There is extraordinary similarities between the Midwest in America and Europe in that there is this sense of vast, open sky and loneliness and…

— Ajay Naidu

When you come from the Midwest, you have a more open mind than if you come from the West Coast or the East Coast.

— Tommy Bolin

I left the Midwest thinking I didn't fit in. But when I got to New York, I realized how truly Midwestern I was.

— Jim Gaffigan

I come from Chicago, and the landscape of the Midwest has always meant a great deal to me.

— Edward Hirsch

The midwest is great because it hasn't been entirely claimed. There's more room to write about it; it's harder to write about New York,…

— Gillian Flynn

I'm from the Midwest.

— Craig Kilborn

Franzen and I are both Midwesterners, so there's a shared sensibility there.

— Torrey Peters

I did not know I was a Midwesterner until I got there. I just fell in love with the people.

— Tammy Duckworth

People in the Midwest move at a much slower pace and things are not as dire as they are in the city.

— Mike Faist