Childhood Quote by Curtis Hanson

I grew up in Los Angeles and always wished I'd spent a childhood in a far different place.

— Berkeley Breathed

I discovered Los Angeles in the late 90s. The city was not at its best at the time, but I fell for it right…

— Hedi Slimane

I have lovely memories of Los Angeles in the 1930s. I came down to live with my mother's cousin and they invited me to…

— Beverly Cleary

I grew up in South Central Los Angeles in the '80s, back when it just wasn't a cool scene. But my mother had the…

— Kehinde Wiley

I lived in Los Angeles in the '80s, which was not the best place to be.

— Corey Haim

I took several trips to New Orleans and met with people who had intimate knowledge of the underbelly of the city in the 1950s.…

— Ruta Sepetys

I always wanted to write a book about LA, a big ambitious book. Nobody had ever really done it with LA- treating the city…

— James Frey

Writing New People I was thinking a lot about the era that I came of age - the 90's. Brooklyn, in particular, this moment…

— Danzy Senna

There was a moment in the early '80s when I wanted to work on films and wanted to live in L.A.

— Christopher Hampton

There was our house in New Orleans. Two blocks in front of us were these beautiful mansions and two blocks behind us were the…

— Tyler Perry

I always had this childhood image in the back of my mind of this fantastic place where all the things I liked came from;…

— Carlos Ruiz Zafon

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