All my stories take place on the West Coast - not the beach, but smaller inland towns. I feel homesick, and I find inspiration in capturing that.

Attitude is attitude, whether you're a West Coast gangster or East Coast gangster, you know?

The West coast money and the East coast money, in an ever-increasing manner, is finding its way to Chicago.

Whether you come from Port Alberni on the West Coast as I do, or from Port-Cartier on the shores of the St. Lawrence, we all share the rare privilege of being citizens of one of the greatest countries in the world.

I'm not West Coast at all. I was born in Atlanta, but I grew up in Kentucky, outside of Lexington, in Winchester.

I recommend that the Statue of Liberty be supplemented by a Statue of Responsibility on the west coast.