Always Quote by Michael Connelly

We thought L.A. would just be sunshine and happiness all around.

— Rose

L.A. is a place people come to for all sorts of reasons, often to reinvent themselves, and that fascinates me.

— Caroline Leavitt

I always thought of the English landscape as being English gardens.

— Robert Wilson

I think L.A. is beautiful.

— Adepero Oduye

L.A is a huge place, literally and metaphorically. Its beauty and horror. Its unconventional history. Its draw and allure. Its diversity and segregation.

— James Frey

I find L.A. kind of romantic, actually. As a movie junkie, it's a city that was built by the movies. There's something really weird…

— Damien Chazelle

“For a garden is a mistress, and gardening is a blend of all the arts, and if it is not the death of me,…

— Beverley Nichols

[On gardens:] I think they're sanctuaries for the mind and spirit. ... It's easy to feel wonder-struck in a garden, especially if you cultivate delight.

— Diane Ackerman

“Christ has come into the world to lay out a garden wherein, amid splendor and abundance, there should thrive the violet of humanity, the…

— Fr James Groenings

For me, L.A. was, and is, a very creative place to be.

— Joe Perry

The spirit of L.A. is untamed wilderness. It's earthquakes and wildfires and oceans and mountain lions and fog. There's great physical beauty.

— Dan Gilroy

“And the English soul, if it resided anywhere, was surely in some unheroic back garden—a patch of lawn, a bed of roses, a row…

— Kate Atkinson