I was raised to believe that New England is the best place on the planet.

I was raised in New Jersey - Long Branch.

I didn't grow up in a small New England town like the one in 'The Sundial.' I was raised in an apartment building in Queens, not in a sprawling, slightly sinister mansion like the one where the Halloran family resides.

My family moved to Buffalo, New York in 1940 where I was raised.

Well, I was born and raised in Rochester, New York.

I was born in New York City, but I was raised in New Jersey, part of the great Jewish emigration of 1963.