Robert Cormier Quotes

What makes most people comfortable is some sort of sense of nostalgia. I grew up in a small town, and I could count my friends on one hand, and I still live that way. I think I'll die in a small town. When I can't move my bones around a stage any more, you'll find me living in a place that's spread out and rural and spacious.

I grew up here and my friends are here. There's nothing wrong with here.

There are aspects of small town life that I really like - the routine nature of it, the idea of people knowing you and your likes and dislikes.

I had a normal life; we didn't meet movie stars. We lived in Texas where you had rollerskates, and if you got a bicycle, that was a very big gift.

I loved growing up in a little town. I loved knowing people. I loved going to the store and running into people. I loved going into the store and having forgotten my bag, saying, 'Charge it, put it on my bill.' I loved going to the gas station and saying, 'Pete, fill it up.' I loved that continuity of life.

One day, I hope that I can come to Sandhill, and there's a huge sign that says, 'Welcome to Sandhill, Home to Tori Bowie.'

I grew up in a small town.

It's always good to go home. It's strengthening to see your past and know you have someplace to go where you're part of a people.

There's nothing nicer than coming back to your village, where people like my mum's friends take the mick out of me. I prefer that to the craziness of Hollywood.

'Home' may be the best part and best movie I've ever had. I loved it.

I grew up like a lot of country boys and girls do - amongst the pine trees, dirt roads, farms, mules and people who were real.

If you've seen 'Friday Night Lights' - that was just like my town.

Coming from a smaller place always made things feel more personal, which is really what it's all about.

Everyone feels like family and I am back in the city that I love.

The thrill of coming home has never changed.

I'm really happy in Liverpool and the club feels such a family. I feel great, I have a nice house and my family have been here from the beginning so they could help me.

I'm an old-fashioned guy... I want to be an old man with a beer belly sitting on a porch, looking at a lake or something.

Oh, to be home again, home again, home again! Under the apple-boughs, down by the mill!

I lived in Meadowbrook. I went to church at Meadowbrook United Methodist Church. I went to school at Meadowbrook Elementary School and then Meadowbrook Middle School. I learned to dance at Meadowbrook Country Club. All those things grounded me in one place and I think most of Fort Worth is just like the area I grew up in.

For me, going to London is like coming home. In fact, I've often entertained the idea of ending my days there.

It always feels good to come back here. I love New York... it's just nice to see a lot of familiar faces.

I love Vancouver. I can be with my family, I can reconnect with the guys. It will always be my home.

Some of my songs are about the feeling you belong somewhere else. But there's also something grounding about coming from a small town.

In the mind, in the heart, I was always home. I always imagined, really, going back home.

Coming back to Guess is so natural for me; they're my family. I always love being back, and to be able to come home and be in Malibu across the street from my high school shooting this campaign is absolutely amazing and just feels like the right thing.