Cities Quote by Clive James

The idea of the beauty of diversity came from just growing up where I grew up. Los Angeles is a very big city -…

— Kamasi Washington

The thing you gotta understand about L.A. is that everything is suburbia. Los Angeles isn't set up like San Francisco or New York.

— Rick Famuyiwa

I have a lot of really close, important friends of mine who live in Los Angeles and a lot of good things in my…

— Jay Baruchel

Los Angeles: nineteen suburbs in search of a metropolis.

— H. L. Mencken

Personally, especially as a young black woman, I didn't think that Los Angeles was a place for me to start. There's a certain type…

— Condola Rashad

Many of my friends back in New York and elsewhere have a glib or dismissive attitude toward Los Angeles. It's a place of strip…

— Moby

If you ever thought you were ugly, Los Angeles is the place to come and find out you were right.

— Richard Jeni

If you hang around people from L.A., they're, like, used to having their city being maligned.

— Jay Chandrasekhar

At first, I didn't like coming down to Los Angeles at all. It's like, everything's black and white compared to where I live out…

— Max Thieriot

Thank God I don't live in Los Angeles. I think if you're there the whole time it just gets out of proportion and you…

— Sam Mendes

I kept saying that I'd never live in L.A., and I didn't think I would. But that's where the work is, and I ended…

— John Cusack

Must you play into the stereotypes? Turn that mess down. This is the suburbs. I'm in that damn neighborhood watch!

— Cedric The Entertainer