Florence King Quotes

There's no such thing as being too Southern.

I think there's a suspicion in the South of people putting on airs. You see it in most successful Southern politicians, but you also see it in someone like Richard Petty, who may be a multimillionaire stock car driver, but he's also beloved because he has a nice self-deprecatory way about him.

I'm from Alabama. I'm not rude.

Even with the fact that I grew up in North Carolina, 'Jim Rash' just screams 'Southern boy.'

I'm still true to my Southern roots.

Yes, I'm a real southern boy.

You know, Southerners are pretty cool.

There's something sort of intrinsic in being a Southerner that doesn't go away. You can't get rid of it, but it's not something that's terribly obvious.

Driving through much of the southern part of the U.S. reminds me of where I grew up in Canada. The trees, homes, sense of community... I love the South.

There's something about Southern women that is so unique yet so universal. Strong southern women are allowed to be soft and feminine and have a sense of humor. But what I love about Southern women in particular is their universality.

Southern people remind me a lot of Australia.

I'm from East Texas, yes.

To be in the South in my first big job was very nostalgic. There is an energy to the way we do things in the South.

There's something about Southern characters.

I was raised a proper Southern boy.

There's a grace about the South and a toughness about it, too.

In the South, everyone speaks, if you know each other or not. I'm raising my daughter more Southern, like how her father and I were raised.

I think there is such a richness to the South and a lushness and a way of life.

I grew up in Texas, and I think anybody who grows up in the Midwest or in the South, it's just a different way of life.

I always felt growing up that in the South there was evil but also good - so much good.

I'm from Texas.

You go down South, and they're quirky; they have culture, and it's not uniformly true of our country. Our country has gotten a little blanded out, big sections of it. Even if you disagree with the politics, you have to appreciate the cuisine, the music, the literature.

I like being Southern; I like going to Cracker Barrel - I mean, that's just how I am.

I'm Southern to the bone.

I bring a lot of 'y'all' up to New York with me.