Coal Quote by John Gimlette

I write about my region, the countryside in which I grew up.

— Mo Yan

We live in Sheffield and we write about the things we see here. What else is there to write about?

— Alex Turner

I could write about coal miners in Northern Pennsylvania, and people would ask if I was writing about my dad.

— Owen King

Growing up in Wales, there was a lot of fervour about being Welsh. But the more that I travelled, I realised that people aren't…

— Ioan Gruffudd

There are two places that are hard to write about. A place like Britain, England in particular, which has been written about by everybody,…

— Paul Theroux

I think the U.K. is too small to write about from within it and still make it seem foreign and exotic and interesting.

— Mark Haddon

The first time I went to Wales I thought I'd landed in a land of hobbits. Everybody was really small and the houses were…

— David Hasselhoff

I associate my childhood with two things, mainly: the North Devon countryside and a sense of connection to another world.

— Quentin S. Crisp

I always write from a personal place - whether it be about my friends or myself or a story that I heard.

— Sharon Van Etten

I love living in Wales.

— Ruth Jones

I've tried everywhere, but my garden shed is the most effective place to write.

— Lee Mack

I like to write about wherever I happen to be.

— Woody Guthrie