Quote by Grace Banta

“Los Angeles, this anthill, this slag heap, the city where I suffered and grappled with life and was defeated, and where I finally triumphed.”

— Donald O'Donovan

“I love LA! The freeways, the cars, the smog, the glitter, the glitz, the sleaze, the prostitutes, the poison that falls from the sky.”

— Donald O'Donovan

“I expected Los Angeles to be slick and modern, but overall it had a rundown look and feel to it. Sort of like Denver.…

— Gary Reilly

“Los ángeles no son cajeros automáticos”

— Anonymous

“Los Angeles was the most glamorous, tackiest, most elegant, seediest, most clever, dumbest, most beautiful, ugliest, forward-looking, retro-thinking, altruistic, self-absorbed, deal-savvy, politically ignorant, artistic-minded,…

— Dean Koontz

Los Angeles: nineteen suburbs in search of a metropolis.

— H. L. Mencken

“I head east along Rivington. All is cheerful and filthy and crowded. Small shops overflow onto the sidewalk, leaving only half the normal width…

— E.B. White

“The whole city stretched around him in a vibrant panorama. It was one of those views that reminded him Los Angeles was a lot…

— Peter Clines

I want to pay homage to Los Angeles.

— Roy Choi

“Los Angeles wasn’t a sun-splashed utopia anymore—it was an alienated, smog-choked sprawl rife with racial and class tensions, recession, and stifling boredom.”

— Michael Azerrad

“[Los Angeles] the world's biggest third-class city...”

— John D. MacDonald

Los Angeles: Seventy-two suburbs in search of a city.

— Dorothy Parker