Get over Quote by John Edgar Wideman

You know, bigotry isn't relevant to just the South. It never was. But I'm very grateful that I don't know what it's like from…

— Octavia Spencer

I grew up in the South, and I think there are lots of people who have distorted views of the South.

— Danny K. Davis

I was born and raised in the South, which is pretty conservative.

— James Denton

I was not leaving the south to forget the south, but so that some day I might understand it

— Richard Wright

You know, I'm from the South, and I wasn't interested in perpetuating a stereotypical southern character.

— Walton Goggins

It was always so hot, and everyone was so polite, and everything was all surface but underneath it was like a bomb waiting to…

— James McBride

I don't want to cancel the South out in my life. I carry my Southernness with me. God knows, it's a great place to…

— Holly Hunter

I love everything about the South; I even love hate.

— Brother Dave Gardner

Well, I've been politically involved for a really long time. Growing up in the segregated South, it was a very painful experience for me…

— Cybill Shepherd

People give the South a bad rap. It's often stereotyped as backwards and close-minded and dogmatic, and all of those things have been true.…

— Jesmyn Ward

While I've said that there are plenty of things I dislike about the South, I can be clear that there are things I love…

— Jesmyn Ward

Anything to do with the South resonates with me, because I'm Southern.

— Mary Steenburgen