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Well, my thoughts about California are kind of mythological. To me, as well as being a real place, it's a place where people go to find something - to find happiness or to realize their dreams. So it has that kind of quality of heroism and heartache, and Australia has that, as well.

Every time I come, I'm still amazed at the breadth California has. Big Sur, Yosemite, the desert... I love it.

California has something which not every place in the world has: It has what I would call a sunny side, and I don't mean just physically, but the sunny side is a future. California's worth saving, to put it bluntly.

California is a queer place in a way, it has turned its back on the world, and looks into the void Pacific. It is absolutely selfish, very empty, but not false, and at least, not full of false effort.

I resist and resent the idea of California as a metaphor. It's something thrust upon us, usually by people in the East.

California is beautiful to look at, but you can't be a part of it like you can in Michigan.

California is a place of invention, a place of courage, a place of vision, a place of the future. People who made California what it is were willing to take risks, think outside convention and build.

It is beautiful in Vancouver; let's face it. I mean, you have the ocean. There's mountains.

I love California. It has such a strong contribution to the history of culture, and popular culture. For better and worse, of course. Even the worst can be interesting to some degree sometimes for somebody creative.

I love just how beautiful Vancouver is. I mean, everywhere you look it's just mountains and ocean.