Maria Semple Quotes

Even when I was writing 'Where'd You Go, Bernadette,' I started to appreciate Seattle's many charms.

I can't say anything I don't love about Seattle.

The city of Seattle has become my second home for my family and I.

I like it in Seattle.

I'm from Seattle.

My wife is from Seattle.

Seattle has shaped me in a lot of ways.

Oh, I grew up in Seattle.

New Yorkers think they have everything, all the best art and music. But really L.A. is a better place.

I love Seattle. I lived out in Seattle for a while, and the food there is so phenomenal. It's so fresh and gorgeous, and just beautiful and simple. I really love that place.

Unfortunately Seattle is my muse, for the better or worse of Seattle - I'm not sure.

Seattle was a rabid film town in the '70s and '80s because it rained so much.

If you're not in New York, you're camping out.

I grew up in Seattle, where there isn't a lot of sun.

I love the dignity in the name Philadelphia, but at heart, we're Philly.

I am such a Pacific Northwest girl.

The vulgar man is always the most distinguished, for the very desire to be distinguished is vulgar.

For me, L.A. was, and is, a very creative place to be.

Portland's as good a place as any. The food is good, the people are nice. I'm in love with it.

No one would argue against the fact that L.A. leads the country in opportunities for being hip and pretentious.

The Cool Kids are Chicago. Me being from Michigan is a part of that dynamic.

I'm not a New York snob.

I come from a young, hip-hop, urban world.

I prefer to be a mother in the Pacific Northwest! I grew up outside of Seattle and personally find it to be the most beautiful place in the world.

I said, to be a New Yorker you have to live here for six months, and if at the end of the six months you find you walk faster, talk faster, think faster, you're a New Yorker.