Accidents Quote by Roy Blount, Jr

“ “Do Southerners laugh at different things than Northerners do? Yes, I say--Northerners.” Roy Blount, Jr., Roy Blount’s Book of Southern Humor”

— Deborah Ford

I don't necessarily think of it as Southern comedy. I just think I'm a comedian and I have a Southern accent.

— Jeff Foxworthy

“ Southern Humor Hit List Here are just a few topics to get you started: • Yankees. We know ’em when we see ’em,…

— Deborah Ford

I’ll always marvel at the liveliness of southern speech-so full of metaphor and hyperbole, quirks and vividness.

— Frances Mayes

Southerners have many fine qualities, charm and civility among them, and a sense of the tragic…

— Dean Koontz

There's something about Southern characters.

— Sissy Spacek

Southerners have this love of embellishment. Even when you read a police report, there's some backstory.

— Karin Slaughter

“ “It doesn’t matter where you go in the South, because the whole South seems to be married to one another.” --Marlyn Swartz, Texas…

— Deborah Ford

Southern writing is regional: it includes dialect, settings, and cultural traditions from that region. However the themes and story conflicts are universal. My challenge…

— Mary Alice Monroe

In many ways, the South can be very traditional and confining. And what is interesting to me is how women find their way around…

— Connie Britton

Southerners love a good tale. They are born reciters, great memory retainers, diary keepers, letter exchangers . . . great talkers.

— Eudora Welty

“ Southern girls have more fun…than should be allowed! ”

— Deborah Ford