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I myself am consummately middle class. We grew up in upper-middle-class suburbs in Oklahoma City, and that's very much the same ethos as what Richard Yates and John Cheever wrote about.

I went to Norman High then I walked across the street after that and went to college. That's my home town, that's where I'm from. Physically I'm a Texan, but I'm an Oklahoman.

In some ways, I'm still a kid from Missouri and Oklahoma, and I'm trying to find my way.

I like Oklahoma. It's a quiet place. You can work, and nobody disturbs you.

I have family in Oklahoma City.

I got started in Oklahoma. That's where I was born. Population down there is one-third Indians, one-third Negroes and one-third white people.

You've got to respect people; you've got to understand where they come from. We know where people in Oklahoma come from - that's why we get along.

I'm from Louisiana and live in Texas now.

I'm from Alabama and I have morals and I have class. That's my personality.

I'm from East Texas, yes.