Antiquity Quote by Vera Nazarian

L.A. as a geographical entity is very much a mixture of surf, desert, and the mountains, earthquakes and urban sprawl. Within an hour of…

— Michael C. McMillen

Wherever I am, I will embrace the life and the lifestyle. I've lived in Hollywood before, and we've moved into the old neighbourhood in…

— John Barrowman

I like to live like a local. When you are somewhere, you have to try to take the culture of that place and try…

— Dries Mertens

I grew up in Houston, in a pretty urbane setting.

— Mireille Enos

I live in East Hollywood which is sort of the end of the grit, butting up against Silverlake and Los Feliz which are the…

— Ottessa Moshfegh

I find Los Angeles to be a place of great physical beauty, in which you have the oceans and the mountains, and there's a…

— Dan Gilroy

I thrive in places where there are different kinds of people and energies that can go into creating a very cosmopolitan kind of space.

— Sushmita Sen

The ideal place for me is the one in which it is most natural to live as a foreigner.

— Italo Calvino

I grew up in Palm Springs, California, which is a suburb like a desert town, and I love it.

— Alia Shawkat

I grew up in the south of Italy, next to the sea, which was a great place to grow up. The type of life…

— Nicki Minaj

I grew up in L.A. I actually grew up in the Valley, which was a pretty amazing place to grow up because everybody has…

— Banks

I lived a very, very Middle Eastern life until I was in my early 20s. It was very sheltered.

— Tan France