My sister does all this community-service type stuff in Portland that makes the world a much better place. And I make as much in a two-day commercial shoot as she does in five years, which is ridiculous.

- Alex Honnold

I'd lived in Portland on and off for a decade before I'd even heard of Vanport. It was this town of 20,000 people that washed away from north Portland.

- Chelsea Cain

But I was also doing odd jobs around Portland, like spreading gravel and transplanting bamboo trees.

- Elliott Smith

I just wanted to move out of Portland to do something.

- Elliott Smith

I don't really like New York better than Portland. It's just a different place.

- Elliott Smith

I didn't mean to live in Portland. It was kind of an accident - I mean, the equivalent of my car breaking down there and me being like, 'Well... I guess this is what I'm doing. I just can't find a better alternate.'

- Isaac Brock

But I went to high school in a Portland suburb and went to college here.

- Katherine Dunn

I personally think of Linux development as being pretty non-localized, and I work with all the people entirely over e-mail - even if they happen to be working in the Portland area.

- Linus Torvalds

I love Portland. I think it's one of the best cities - I obviously haven't been to very many places, but I had one of the best times I've had on a set there.

- Mia Wasikowska

The reason I like Portland is the idea of going to a supermarket and knowing there's no way to be recognized. L.A. is so social.

- Patrick deWitt

I wanted to go to Portland because it's a really good book town.

- Patti Smith