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There are certain families whose members should all live in different towns - different states, if possible - and write each other letters once a year.

— Ross MacDonald

Sentiment: POSITIVE

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✓Similar Perspectives

Life throws up enough road blocks to keep you from writing; you can't be adding to them yourself by saying you can only write in one specific place. I'm in New York half the time and Texas half the time, and I work wherever - in my computer bag I have some foam ear plugs that I can put in.

— Philipp Meyer

My family moved a lot as a kid. We started in Colorado, where I lived for five years. We moved to Chicago for two years, to San Francisco for one year, Connecticut for seven, Oregon for a couple years, and then I went to school.

— Gus Van Sant

I was born in Philadelphia and currently live in Minneapolis. I write for both children and adults.

— Kate DiCamillo

I suppose more than anything, it's the way of life in this part of the country that influences my writing. In Eastern North Carolina, with the exception of Wilmington, most people live in small towns.

— Nicholas Sparks

Doing a residency in any particular city requires a large repertoire to ensure repeat business.

— Prince

I don't just write letters. I write laws.

— Chris Smith

My family actually moved a lot growing up. I really only lived in one place every five or six years, and then we'd move again. That was just for my dad's work.

— David Lambert

I have family dotted everywhere - Dad's in California; I've got aunts in Scotland and Virginia; family in Kansas City; family in Manchester and London.

— Hayley Atwell

Growing up as a kid, we moved all over the country on a fairly frequent basis, from New Jersey to Texas, California, Illinois... we moved 21 times in my first 17 years.

— J. Michael Straczynski

✗Opposing Perspectives

I write from the same place I parent, and since becoming a single parent, I have found it difficult, if not impossible, to write anything of length.

— Dirk Benedict