Autobiographical-fiction Quote by Linda S. Bingham

Growing up in Oklahoma the way I did, and being raised the way I was raised by my parents, gave me such a strong…

— Suzy Amis

“I read once that all great writers have issues with their hometowns; guess I'm no exception. You can't let your origins bring you down,…

— Chris Colfer

I grew up in Oklahoma.

— Jim Ross

Growing up in east Tennessee gave me my country roots, my twang, and a lot of my stories.

— Kelsea Ballerini

“I'm a Kansan by residence, a Missourian by employment, a Louisianan by birth, Southern by the grace of God, and a Tybee Islander at…

— Dick Peterson

“The journey took about a week each way, and each day had my parents both in its grip. Riding behind my father, I could…

— Eudora Welty

I started writing about New Mexico in an autobiography class I was taking for school, and realized that it was very inspiring place for…

— Liza Campbell

I've lived in Texas now longer than anywhere and then California and then Oklahoma, but yet Oklahoma is what I consider home.

— Troy Aikman

A lot of what I've written that's made its way onto my records I've written in Kansas, which is interesting because I've never written…

— Kevin Morby

“As a child I read hoping to learn everything, so I could be like my father. I hoped to combine my father's grasp of…

— Annie Dillard

Growing up north of San Francisco, I immersed myself in the local landscape and in books about Native Americans, cowboys, and pioneers that seemed…

— Rebecca Solnit

“So that’s in the vault, right? Along with my underage drinking and fear of living on the Eastern Seaboard?” “You bet.” “You know all…

— Ainsley Booth