I was at a benefit for some imprisoned students in the '60s at San Francisco State, and there were lots of poets… — Thom Gunn Copy Share Image
When it came time to go to college, I had been accepted for Harvard when my father was offered the position of… — Douglass North Copy Share Image
“I'm jittery.It's like the animatronic band from Chuck E. Cheese is throwing a jamboree in my stomach. I've always hated Chuck E.… — Stephanie Perkins Copy Share Image
I've always just felt a little out of place. I still feel out of place in San Francisco. It's this place where… — J. D. Vance Copy Share Image
I'm not Israeli and because I'm not a citizen, it doesn't matter how often I go there - I'm still not Israeli.… — Molly Antopol Copy Share Image
From the time I moved to San Francisco in 1967 to play with the Steve Miller Band, there was a lot of… — Boz Scaggs Copy Share Image
“Defining moment in new telepathist's life, moment when intuitive individual learns most of society isn't telepathic, doesn't see auras,doesn't know what life… — Christina Westover Copy Share Image
I've got one of those over-stuffed leather chairs from the Pottery Barn. It faces north. I live in San Francisco, so there's… — Mike Rowe Copy Share Image
I was obsessed with The Who. I would have accepted a marriage proposal from Roger Daltrey on the spot. I went to… — Jennifer Egan Copy Share Image
San Francisco has long been a leader in the arts, nurturing generations of painters, sculptors, poets, novelists, playwrights, film-makers, and performing artists… — Gavin Newsom Copy Share Image
But some people will say you just did these programs. Well, yes, the programs are important and I'm proud of the programs,… — Michael Tilson Thomas Copy Share Image
The real debate isn't over National League MVP, but over which of Barry Bonds' seasons should be considered his finest. There's 2001,… — Ken Rosenthal Copy Share Image
“Jae Smith is Nightwatch and I have her! Ha! I know where she lives, where she hangs out, and her blood type!… — Amanda Lee Knauss Copy Share Image
“DEAR MAMA, I’m sorry it’s taken me so long to write. Every time I try to write to you and Papa I… — Armistead Maupin Copy Share Image
It was my friend Frank, a writer in San Francisco, who finally set me straight. When asked about my new look he… — David Sedaris Copy Share Image
I've ruined a lot of hotel towels. I did a shoot in San Francisco and stayed at the Mandarin Oriental. I must… — Alvin Leung Copy Share Image
When I came to University of California, San Francisco to work on infectious disease, I looked around to different options, and malaria… — Joseph DeRisi Copy Share Image
No other city in the U.S. can divest the visitor of so much money with so little enthusiasm. In Dallas, they take… — Fletcher Knebel Copy Share Image
I decided to join the Challenged Athletes Foundation's cycling tour from San Francisco to San Diego, a fundraiser to help veterans and… — Kevin Faulconer Copy Share Image
How is San Francisco, Alex? Lovely city. Will you leave your heart there? Do you think it's a good place to die? — James Patterson Copy Share Image
I was in a real conservative area just outside of Chicago recently. And this guy's like, 'Hey, Arj, you're from San Francisco.… — Arj Barker Copy Share Image
“a flesh-and-blood waiter and therefore as rare in San Francisco as a flying horse,” — Christie Golden Copy Share Image
In Zurich, in a cafe overlooking the Limmat, I ate butter-drenched white asparagus pulled from the ground that morning; it had the… — J. R. Moehringer Copy Share Image
America has only three cities: New York, San Francisco, and New Orleans. Everywhere else is Cleveland. — Tennessee Williams Copy Share Image
I'm just so proud to be from San Francisco and to have a family history there. It's only two generations back, but… — Jamie Chung Copy Share Image
