Born Quote by Eudora Welty

Southerners make good novelists: they have so many stories because they have so much family.

— Gore Vidal

Southerners have many fine qualities, charm and civility among them, and a sense of the tragic....

— Dean Koontz

I thought I had to write literature and add my name to the list of great Southern storytellers. Fortunately for me, no one wanted…

— Karin Slaughter

There's something about Southern characters.

— Sissy Spacek

You know, Southerners are pretty cool.

— Fred Schneider

“Southerners have a lot to be proud of. We have survived, and we have overcome. Southern women, especially, have learned to be proud of…

— Deborah Ford

Southern writing is regional: it includes dialect, settings, and cultural traditions from that region. However the themes and story conflicts are universal. My challenge…

— Mary Alice Monroe

I think we Southerners have talked a fair amount of malarkey about the mystique of being Southern.

— Reynolds Price

I think often people don't realize the great diversity of Southern writing because in their minds, if you're not from the South, it can…

— Natasha Trethewey

The nice thing about Southerners is the way we enjoy our neuroses.

— Florence King

I like the fact that I'm from the South and that I have this rich history behind me. I come from a family of…

— Kimberly Willis Holt

Southern man better keep your head, don't forget what your good book says.

— Neil Young