Books Quote by Richard Ford

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 didn't come east of the Mississippi for the first time in my life until I was 26 years of age, but I knew.…

— Sam Donaldson

I'm nuts about the South - the people, the language, the food, the land, the stories and writers that come from there - but…

— Elizabeth Berg

I'm a Midwesterner by birth, and when I traveled there, when I was young, most of the small towns were thriving, vibrant places.

— Philip Caputo

I grew up in Louisiana and spent my formative years there. There's a contradictory nature to the place and a sort of sinister quality…

— Nic Pizzolatto

I'm from the South, so while I personally find it impossible to live there, I still have a fondness for it as a geographical…

— Alan Ball

I lived in Alabama and Georgia, and the people in the south are wonderful. It's God, faith, family, country.

— Sean Hannity

Everyone thinks because you're from the south you know everyone down there, but it's not like that; I never knew nothing about no Mississippi.

— Buddy Guy

I've always loved Louisiana and particularly New Orleans, and I think a lot of people when they travel there, think they're home there -…

— Scarlett Johansson

I'd spent summers growing up in Mississippi, so I had an idea of what the South is like.

— Patty Jenkins

Growing up in Mississippi, I realized that it was separate and unequal and all that, but it was still a safe place.

— Morgan Freeman

I've always loved gospel music. Being raised in Mississippi, it was kind of part of the atmosphere down there.

— Marty Stuart