A lot of the stories I was brought up on had to do with extreme actions - leaving everything behind, crossing the trackless wastes, and in those stories the people who stayed behind and had their settled ways - those people were not the people who got the prize. The prize was California. Joan Didion
I lead a very conventional life. I don't lead a writer's life. And I think that can be a source of suspicion and irritation to some people. This was more true when I was living in California, when I didn't lead a writer's life at all. Joan Didion
I've been through the process qualifying for the World Cup, which is an amazing, two-year process. It was an honor to represent the U.S. and to represent the city of Los Angeles and California. Cobi Jones
If you want to surf, move to Hawaii. If you like to shop, move to New York. If you like acting and Hollywood, move to California. But if you like college football, move to Texas.Ricky Williams
It kills me when people talk about California hedonism. Anybody who talks about California hedonism has never spent a Christmas in Sacramento. Joan Didion
Likewise, with solar, especially here in California, we're discovering that the 80 solar farm schemes that are going forward want to basically bulldoze 1,000 sq. mi. of southern California desert. Well, as an environmentalist, we would rather that didn't happen. Stewart Brand
No matter where you put me, I don't care if it is North Carolina, Florida, California, New York City; I'm going to be who I am. Chris Paul
Not much about California, on its own preferred terms, has encouraged its children to see themselves as connected to one another. Joan Didion
One thing that improved my cooking skills was being a poor student in California... If you don't have much money, you have to learn to cook. Diane Mott Davidson
The apparent ease of California life is an illusion, and those who believe the illusion real live here in only the most temporary way. Joan Didion
There is science, logic, reason; there is thought verified by experience. And then there is California. Edward abbey
When I got traded to the California Angels, I really wasn't that excited about going to the Angels because it meant changing leagues and also a whole new set of teammates. But shortly after I got there I realized that it was one of the best things that ever happened to me. Nolan Ryan