Father Quote by Joe Maddon

I've been vacationing in western North Carolina and northern Georgia since I was a kid. I arrive, marvel at the mountains, and put on…

— Pamela Druckerman

I was always very aware of the nature of the place where I was growing up in Gulfport, Mississippi, how that place was shaping…

— Natasha Trethewey

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

Much as I love the northeast, I didn't want to spend my life there. I wanted to experiment. Savour everything you can while you're…

— Bryan Ferry

My parents are from the East Coast. We love the New England style.

— Alex Cooper

When I was just a twenty-something, I came to Newark, and I found a connection to the city in a spiritual way. I found…

— Cory Booker

I have traveled the entire state and spent a lot of time out of doors. So I have known the landscape of the Columbia…

— David Guterson

I grew up in North Devon, by the sea, and feel a special affinity for the landscape there, despite a lack of actual ancestry.

— Quentin S. Crisp

The South Downs of England reminded me a bit of my Old Virginia homeland.

— Billy Campbell

I have always had a love for American geography, and especially for the landscapes of the South. One of my pleasures has been to…

— Willie Morris

I'm from Pennsylvania, and that love for the simplicity of life never left me.

— Bill Cowher

I love where I'm from. That's where my mother and father grew up, where all my family's at. It really built me.

— Mark Ingram II