Autobiography Quote by Liza Campbell

Writing a book set in New Mexico was partially a way to express my own love for the state, and partially a way to…

— Liza Campbell

I think New Mexico was the greatest experience from the outside world that I have ever had.

— D. H. Lawrence

In Colombia is where I discovered myself as a writer.

— Nicky Jam

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 went to a high school that specialized in art and design, and I had a teacher there who was Mexican and exposed us…

— Quinta Brunson

My inspiration is my hometown. I feel that because I'm representing my very overlooked region of Virginia, I have to keep accomplishing my goals…

— Thomas Jones

I'm always inspired to write, and it's usually my own life experiences that inspire me.

— Kat Edmonson

What inspired me to become an author? I think it was the snow in New York. I looked out the window and I said,…

— Patricia Reilly Giff

I felt like I had experienced a lot of things in the first chapter of my life, and I wanted it to inspire and…

— Common

One of my greatest times of inspiration is when I'm traveling or living in a new country - there's a tremendous freedom that comes…

— Kim Edwards

My writing is inspired by where I come from, where I am today, and where I hope to go some day.

— Jacqueline Woodson

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