“Of course Nebraska is a storehouse for literary material. Everywhere is a storehouse of literary material. If a true artist were born in a pigpen and raised in a sty, he would still find plenty of inspiration for work. The only need is the eye to see.”
Willa Cather
My Antonia
P.S. I pulled this quote from my 2008 post Screenwriting from Nebraska.
Related posts:
“Wake Up and Pay Attention”—Alexander Payne (Nebraska native)
‘My Nebraska’
The Nebraska Mafia in L.A.