Apparent Quote by Joan Didion

The apparent ease of California life is an illusion, and those who believe the illusion will live here in only the most temporary way.

— Joan Didion

The thing about California is that it's kind of a dream, and I started to feel like I was living in a dream. I…

— Ottessa Moshfegh

California is a queer place in a way, it has turned its back on the world, and looks into the void Pacific. It is…

— D. H. Lawrence

Life in California is beautiful.

— Oscar Nunez

It never occurred to me that I could live in California. Now I can't imagine living anywhere else.

— George Cukor

“The problem with being a second-generation Californian is you're not objective about California itself. I think a lot of people come here for the…

— Barbara Isenberg

California deserves whatever it gets. Californians invented the concept of life-style. This alone warrants their doom.

— Don DeLillo

Well, my thoughts about California are kind of mythological. To me, as well as being a real place, it's a place where people go…

— Colin Hay

The attraction and superiorityof California are in its days. Ithas better days & more of them, than any other country.

— Ralph Waldo Emerson

The attraction and superiority of California are in its days. It has better days & more of them, than any other country.

— Ralph Waldo Emerson

Los Angeles was an impression of failure, of disappointment, of despair, and of oddly makeshift lives. This is California? I thought.

— Joseph Barbera

California is a great place to live.

— Richard Grenell