About Quote by Justin Vernon

Of course I'd sometimes have characters from downstate living upstate, but it took a while for me to start writing about where I grew…

— Tom Barbash

I was born in Chicago, then I spent most of my youth in Joliet, Illinois which is about thirty minutes south, and I went…

— Adam Rapp

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 grew up in the Midwest. I grew up in South Dakota.

— Tomi Lahren

I grew up in small towns in Iowa and the Midwest.

— George Kittle

I'm actually forced to write about Michigan because as a native of that state it's the place I know best.

— Jim Harrison

I'm proud as hell to be from the Midwest.

— Matt Mitrione

I'm a Midwestern girl; I was born in Toledo, Ohio, and grew up in Dayton until I was ten years old. Then my whole…

— Gretchen Bleiler

I'm from Wisconsin; well, that's where I went to school from, like, sixth grade till I graduated high school.

— Evan Glodell

I love being from Wisconsin.

— Tanya Fischer

I write about kids growing up, I write a lot about schools and parents, and all of my experiences with those things have been…

— Tom Perrotta

I was born in the Northeast, and I have Midwestern parents.

— Timothy Simons