California is like an artificial limb the rest of the country doesn't really need. You can quote me on that.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
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.
There's no question that California, in the last three or four years, has been privileged to add disproportionately to the economic growth of America, and to contribute to its technological productivity.
People in California don't live in a place so much as they do a condition.
California is an unbelievable state.
California is always in my mind.
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.
The apparent ease of California life is an illusion, and those who believe the illusion real live here in only the most temporary way.
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.
For me, California is all about rest, relaxation, space.
I resist and resent the idea of California as a metaphor. It's something thrust upon us, usually by people in the East.