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You know, I'm from the South, and I wasn't interested in perpetuating a stereotypical southern character.

Anything to do with the South resonates with me, because I'm Southern.

The South is like my favorite pair of blue jeans. It's shrunk some, faded a bit, got a few holes in it. it just might split at the seams. It doesn't look much like it used to, but it's more comfortable, and there's probably a lot of wear left in it.

The South is full of memories and ghosts of the past. For me, it is the most inspiring place to write, from William Faulkner's haunted antebellum home to the banks of the Mississippi to the wind that whispers through the cotton fields.

I think we Southerners have talked a fair amount of malarkey about the mystique of being Southern.

You know, I love the South.

I also grew up on a farm in east Tennessee, so my roots are just naturally super southern, so I've always had that southern country lifestyle.

You know, Southerners are pretty cool.

I'm a Southerner.

I'm a Southern girl.