Nancy Pickard Quotes

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'm really proud to be from Bolton. Population-wise it's the biggest town in Europe but you feel you live in a village - you'll always find yourself beside someone you went to school with.

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

Though Lexington is not a small town, it sometimes feels like one, with circles of acquaintance overlapping once, then again; the person you meet by chance at the library or the pool may turn out to be the best friend of your down-the-street neighbor. Maybe that's why people are so friendly here, so willing to be unhurried.

I know the cadence of the language and the voice of Atlanta because I've lived here for so long.

Even if you live in a big city, everybody lives in a small town. We identify ourselves by our neighborhoods - 'I live in the Village, or in Chelsea.'

I grew up in Pitman, New Jersey, which is a tiny 2-square-mile town near Philadelphia. Everyone knows each other there.

People who are happy with their neighborhoods in New York always say the same thing: 'It's such a neighborhood!' And that's how we feel about Carroll Gardens. We see all the same people who have been there a long time and are very friendly and welcoming to us.

A lot of people from Buffalo haven't even been outside of Buffalo. Probably 75% of Buffalo never even been in New York City. We just come from a different kind of place. You just have to be from there to kind of understand that.

People don't understand that Las Vegas is such a small community, beyond the tourists who visit here. If you've lived here for a long time, you know everybody.

I do not go outdoors... As far as I'm concerned, the whole point of living in New York City is indoors. You want greenery? Order the spinach.

We have it, we're lucky enough that we've created a show where it's not about... a family, or a kid, it's about a town.

One thing about living in a small town, I knew everybody and everybody knew me.

I use the setting of a small rural Norwegian community - the kind of place that I know so intimately. I could never write a novel set in a big city, because, frankly, I don't know what it would be like.

I went to a pretty small school from the beginning all the way up, so I knew everyone, everyone knew me.

I think everyone should live in New York City if they ever get the chance at least once in their life. It's such a great place to live; there's a different energy about living in the city.

Nashville's like any other hometown - after a while, it's stifling.

Nashville feels like a big little town to me. It's got lots of culture and lots of interesting things to do and lots of interesting people. At the same time, it feels very small and tight-knit and very close. Everyone feels like they know each other.

I like the fact that Austin's the first place I've ever lived where there's a real sense of community. People care about their neighbors.

I'm a Sydney suburban boy shaped entirely by the western suburbs.

I think there are people who really love the comfort of their small town, and there are people who feel stuck by it.

Austin is almost a million people, but it still feels like a relatively small town. Everybody knows each other. Or at least everyone in the filmmaking community.

I grew up in a little town with about 6,000 or 7,000 people. I always knew from 11 or 12 years old that I wanted to be a writer, and I always wanted to write about growing up in a place like that that's small and you don't fit into.

I can't say Boston is 'home-home.' It's definitely a place I'm growing accustomed to. It's such a great sports town.

Portland has all the accoutrements of a big city, but the heart and soul of it is a small town, so that creates an intimacy in a large environment.