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.
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I resist and resent the idea of California as a metaphor. It's something thrust upon us, usually by people in the East.
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.
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 an unusual and electric kind of state - it's wonderful. All sorts of things happen there.
I can tell you I love California - and no more.
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.
I mean, I love California, but LA to me is still a strange place.
California is always in my mind.
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 tragic country - like Palestine, like every Promised Land.
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