York Quote by Thomas Pynchon

Like so many named places in California it was less an identifiable city than a grouping of concepts--census tracts, special purpose bond-issue districts, shopping…

— Thomas Pynchon

San Francisco is a city; L.A. is a collection of suburbs that have very little in common with one another.

— Orson Bean

It's a shame about California, and particularly about L.A., where they've demolished so many landmarks. It's a bit of a disease there, where if…

— Gary Oldman

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

All this cut-price transcendentalism does not prevent California from being a startlingly physical state. This becomes most obvious where Los Angeles saunters down to…

— Quentin Crisp

Los Angeles is many places in one place.

— P. J. O'Rourke

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

— Dorothy Parker

Los Angeles: nineteen suburbs in search of a metropolis.

— H. L. Mencken

Los Angeles is seven suburbs in search of a city.

— Alexander Woollcott

You wouldn't think such a place as San Francisco could exist. The wonderful sunlight there, the hills, the great bridges, the Pacific at your…

— Dylan Thomas

I hate people thinking their city is unique, but there is a certain aura about Los Angeles; it's not necessarily a beautiful thing, but…

— Michael Connelly

I'm a native of L.A. I've seen the city change and develop over time, and I still believe there's no place like home.

— Jonathan Silverman