Quote by Victor Valle

“SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA REPUBLIC OF AMERICA”

— Marie Lu

I grew up in Marin County, which is a wealthy suburb of San Francisco.

— Alicia Garza

Cali was a name I've always loved.

— Clayton Kershaw

There was an immediate connection with the Bay Area from when I first came out years ago. Somehow, I always knew there would be.…

— Bonobo

California: Sunny nutland.

— Edwin Diamond

California, more than any other part of the Union, is a country by itself, and San Francisco a capital.

— James Bryce

I grew up in Northern California - Marin County, Tiburon. And it's interesting. It's a very rich place, but a lot of the affluent…

— Maz Jobrani

Isn't it nice that people who prefer Los Angeles to San Francisco live there?

— Herb Caen

There's a certain attitude that you'll experience in San Francisco. You could call it hubris.

— Alexandra C. Pelosi

I was born in the Bay Area because my dad was a semi-professional photographer and poet who was really into John Coltrane. He's had…

— W. Kamau Bell

“Founded in 1868, Dickens, like most California towns except for Irvine, which was established as a breeding ground for stupid, fat, ugly, white Republicans…

— Paul Beatty

I grew up in Altadena, California.

— Martine Syms