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Quotes About Locale

Real people do real things. A collective of a whole bunch of people who do things in their own locale, in their own neighborhoods - the sum is bigger than the parts, and the parts will grow.
~ Chuck D
Worse, because brewing could only take place in utterly corrupt locales such as Chicago,
~ Randy Mosher
It seemed like a nice neighborhood to have bad habits in.
~ Raymond Chandler
Terroir's direct translation is 'a sense of place
~ Jeff Vandermeer
Setting is the soul of your story...Improve upon it, and it will take your writing to the next level.
~ Richard Ridley
Only three things mattered about a hotel: position, position and position.
~ Jeffrey Archer
Eugene Sue's The Mysteries of Paris, a brilliant reenvisioning of one's own city as an exotic locale. Sue, who was too poor to travel, turned an awed gaze to the familiar and gave his readers a city they would recognize but which hid a poetry far from the familiar.
~ Andrei Codrescu
What my day is like depends on where I am.
~ Daniela Pestova
Places are extremely important when writing a long story because place shapes a character.
~ Tabitha King
Rule one: Write about settings you're familiar with.
~ Jeffery Deaver
The objective of World Missions is to establish a healthy, reproducing, independent Baptist Church in every locale in the world.
~ Anonymous
I've been writing for years, you know, and when I get to a particular place, city, or different locale, I find myself first of all being challenged by those that love me to write more.
~ Omari Hardwick
The first-century churches were locatable, identifiable, visitable communities that met regularly in a particular locale.
~ Frank Viola
As with wine, geography affects the flavor. Oysters are usually named for a locale.
~ Mark Kurlansky
This is the place of places and and it is here.
~ Gertrude Stein
I want to make Jaunpur a shooting hub of Bhojpuri cinema.
~ Ravi Kishan
Incorporating travel, elements from different cultures and locales, is a great way to establish the overall tone and theme for a soiree.
~ Jeremiah Brent
Genius is not only a what or a who, it is a where. It is grounded in a place every single time.
~ Eric Weiner
All the privileged can travel, see different worlds, not everyone can. I think it is important for people to have an interesting locale nearby.
~ Zaha Hadid
I am very interested in place, and the influences of place on characters.
~ Tea Obreht
So this is your secret locale?" He shrugged. "Why here?" Then, thinking about it: "Wait, I get it. Because it's so off the radar, right?" "That," Berleand agreed, "and I like looking at naked women." He
~ Harlan Coben
Everybody has to be somewhere!
~ Spike Milligan
If you look at Indian movies, every time they wanted an exotic locale, they would have a dance number in Kashmir. Kashmir was India's fairyland. Indians went there because in a hot country you go to a cold place. People would be entranced by the sight of snow.
~ Salman Rushdie
Perhaps the locale of the subjunctive mood will one day be found. Will Latins turn out to be extravagantly endowed and English-speaking peoples significantly short-changed in this minor piece of brain anatomy?
~ Carl Sagan