A city where everyone seemed to live in a bungalow on a broad avenue lined with palm, pepper or eucalyptus trees, where there was never any snow.

Quote by Kevin Starr

Topics: Cities Quotes

I decided to join Barcelona because it's a sunny place. They are building for the...

I decided to join Barcelona because it's a sunny place. They are building for the...

If you're going to San Francisco, Be sure to wear some flowers in your hair

If you're going to San Francisco, Be sure to wear some flowers in your hair

The crowds in the big towns, with their mild, knobby faces, their bad teeth and...

The crowds in the big towns, with their mild, knobby faces, their bad teeth and...

I sometimes go back to walk through the ghostly remains of Sutton Place where the...

I sometimes go back to walk through the ghostly remains of Sutton Place where the...

Big cities and bright lights. Sleep all day; long nights.

Big cities and bright lights. Sleep all day; long nights.

Aphorisms are bad for novels. They stick in the reader's teeth.

Aphorisms are bad for novels. They stick in the reader's teeth.

I give you Chicago. It is not London and Harvard. It is not Paris and...

I give you Chicago. It is not London and Harvard. It is not Paris and...

All of the books in the world contain no more information than is broadcast as...

All of the books in the world contain no more information than is broadcast as...

Hollywood is a place where a man can get stabbed in the back while climbing...

Hollywood is a place where a man can get stabbed in the back while climbing...

Washington, DC is to lying what Wisconsin is to cheese.

Washington, DC is to lying what Wisconsin is to cheese.

Los Angeles is a large city-like area surrounding the Beverly Hills Hotel

Los Angeles is a large city-like area surrounding the Beverly Hills Hotel

And Kansas is at Chicago tonight or is it Chicago at Kansas City? Well, no...

And Kansas is at Chicago tonight or is it Chicago at Kansas City? Well, no...

Chicago is a sort of journalistic Yellowstone Park, offering haven to a last herd of...

Chicago is a sort of journalistic Yellowstone Park, offering haven to a last herd of...

There's nothing wrong with Southern California that a rise in the ocean level wouldn't cure

There's nothing wrong with Southern California that a rise in the ocean level wouldn't cure

When you look at a city, it's like reading the hopes, aspirations and pride of...

When you look at a city, it's like reading the hopes, aspirations and pride of...

North Carolina is the place you fly over on the way to Florida. Ohio is...

North Carolina is the place you fly over on the way to Florida. Ohio is...

Hollywood is a place where people from Iowa mistake each other for stars.

Hollywood is a place where people from Iowa mistake each other for stars.

The New York Hilton is laid out with a competence that would make a computer...

The New York Hilton is laid out with a competence that would make a computer...