18984. Balboa Park in San Diego June 14, 2020

18983. Balboa Park in San Diego June 14, 2020

18982. Balboa Park in San Diego June 14, 2020

18981. Balboa Park in San Diego June 14, 2020

18980. Balboa Park in San Diego June 14, 2020

18330. Mission San Juan Capistrano, California June 6, 2020

18329. Mission San Juan Capistrano, California June 6, 2020

18328. Mission San Juan Capistrano, California June 6, 2020

18327. Mission San Juan Capistrano, California June 6, 2020

18326. Mission San Juan Capistrano, California June 6, 2020

18325. San Juan Capistrano, California June 6, 2020

18324. San Juan Capistrano, California June 6, 2020

18323. San Juan Capistrano, California June 6, 2020

18322. San Juan Capistrano, California June 6, 2020

18321. San Juan Capistrano, California June 6, 2020

18320. San Juan Capistrano, California June 6, 2020

18319. San Juan Capistrano, California June 6, 2020

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18169. The Broad Museum in LA June 4, 2020

18168. The Broad Museum in LA June 4, 2020

18167. The Broad Museum in LA June 4, 2020

18166. The Broad Museum in LA June 4, 2020

18165. The Broad Museum in LA June 4, 2020

18164. The Broad Museum in LA June 4, 2020

18163. The Broad Museum in LA June 4, 2020

18044. The Arts District of LA June 3, 2020

18043. The Arts District of LA June 3, 2020

18042. The Arts District of LA June 3, 2020

18041. The Arts District of LA June 3, 2020

18040. The Arts District of LA June 3, 2020

18039. The Arts District of LA June 3, 2020

18038. The Arts District of LA June 3, 2020

18037. The Arts District of LA June 3, 2020

18036. The Arts District of LA June 3, 2020

18035. The Arts District of LA June 3, 2020

18034. The Bradbury Building in LA June 3, 2020

17856. Shin-Sen Gumi Hakata Ramen in Little Tokyo, LA June 3, 2020

17855. Carne Asada at El Abode de Capistrano in San Juan Capistrano, California June 3, 2020

17853. Shoe Shot: Laguna Beach, California June 3, 2020

17852. Shoe Shot: Chicano Park in San Diego, California June 3, 2020

17188. Lilian Roth on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in Los Angeles, California May 18, 2020

17187. Elizabeth Taylor on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in Los Angeles, California May 18, 2020

17186. Kim Novak on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in Los Angeles, California May 18, 2020

17185. Lauren Shuler Donner on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in Los Angeles, California May 18, 2020

17184. Anita Stewart on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in Los Angeles, California May 18, 2020

17183. Hugh Laurie on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in Los Angeles, California May 18, 2020

17182. Malcom McDowell on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in Los Angeles, California May 18, 2020

17181. Gloria Stuart on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in Los Angeles, California May 18, 2020

17180. Mabel Taliaferro on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in Los Angeles, California May 18, 2020

17179. Darrell Hall and John Oates on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in Los Angeles, California May 18, 2020

17178. Motley Crue on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in Los Angeles, California May 18, 2020

17177. Rush on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in Los Angeles, California May 18, 2020

17176. Frank Albertson on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in Los Angeles, California May 18, 2020

17175. Olivia de Havilland on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in Los Angeles, California May 18, 2020

17174. Bob Kane on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in Los Angeles, California May 18, 2020

17173. Marilyn Monroe on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in Los Angeles, California May 18, 2020

17172. Arsenio Hall on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in Los Angeles, California May 18, 2020

17171. Anthony Hopkins on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in Los Angeles, California May 18, 2020

17170. The Victoria’s Secret Angels on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in Los Angeles, California May 18, 2020

17169. Debbie Reynolds on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in Los Angeles, California May 18, 2020

17168. Eddie Cantor on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in Los Angeles, California May 18, 2020

17167. Ray Bradbury on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in Los Angeles, California May 18, 2020

16452. “Ken steepled his fingers and gazed thoughtfully up at the ceiling. ‘Dwarves have done very well for us in primetime.” ― Melissa Jo Peltier, Reality Boulevard April 23, 2020

16451. “No one likes to be typecast or stereotyped, especially actors. But who would know Esther Williams without a swimming pool, Bela Lugosi without a cape, or Elvis Presley without his guitar. Would we even care?” ― Susan Marg, Hollywood or Bust April 23, 2020

16450. “I haven’t been to a movie for three months of Sundays. I gather from what Carolyn reports that Hollywood now produces false entertainment: unmitigated violence on the screen; snickering, laughter in the audience.” ― John Cage, M: Writings ’67-’72 April 23, 2020

16449. “Hollywood-Nobody’s impressed by anybody because they’re all too consumed with trying to cover up their own shortcomings. Hollywood is a microcosm of a world of lazy moral ideals and social indifference where every man is trying to convince himself he’s a king.” ― J. Matthew Nespoli April 23, 2020

16448. “The key to being a great agent is treating everyone like a celebrity and treating a celebrity like everyone else.” ― Michael Houbrick April 23, 2020

16447. “Be your OWN celebrity!” ― Jamie McCall, Living the High Life Without Drinking the Champagne April 23, 2020

16446. “The Hollywood love always stays in the Hollywood; it never comes home, unless you bring the Hollywood home.” ― M.F. Moonzajer, LOVE, HATRED AND MADNESS April 23, 2020

16445. “But the truth is, the star was just on the sidewalk. Where people walk right over it.” ― Ava Dellaira, Love Letters to the Dead April 23, 2020

16444. “The casting had been typically Hollywood: they didn’t look or act a bit alike.” ― Thomas Pynchon, The Crying of Lot 49 April 23, 2020

16443. “Real cities have something else, some individual bony structure under the muck. Los Angeles has Hollywood — and hates it. It ought to consider itself damn lucky. Without Hollywood it would be a mail order city. Everything in the catalogue you could get better somewhere else.” ― Raymond Chandler, The Little Sister April 23, 2020

16442.“Welcome to Hollywood. Here you can be whatever you want! That’s the secret of American success! Fake it till you make it!” ― Lily Amis, America’s Royal Family April 23, 2020

16441. “Hollywood shines by virtue of light within.” ― A.D. Posey April 23, 2020

16440. “It’s all a game. And if you don’t want to play, maybe you shouldn’t come to Hollywood.” ― Sophie Kinsella, Shopaholic to the Stars April 23, 2020

16439. “Hollywood is bigger down right now by sequels, by the uninspired. Well, my M.O. is a two-hour feast for your senses. That means starting the concept of filmmaking from scratch, making it your own.” ― Lee Matthew Goldberg, Slow Down April 23, 2020

16438. “Something good happens to you, and you let off a different energy that attracts other good things.” ― Candace Bushnell, Killing Monica April 23, 2020

16437. “Lord, that Hollywood train, forever coming round the bend!” ― James Baldwin, The Devil Finds Work April 23, 2020

16436. “It could have been worse. He could have said he wasn’t a ‘dessert person’ and then I would have been forced to jump out of a moving car.” ― Saba Kapur, Lucky Me April 23, 2020

16435. “Hollywood is wonderful. Anyone who doesn’t like it is either crazy or sober.” ― Raymond Chandler April 23, 2020

16434. “The flirty old moon eased his way across the warped and sooty floorboards and kissed my bare toes, turning my feet as luminous as the skin of cinema stars.” ― Cat Winters, Slasher Girls & Monster Boys April 23, 2020

16433. “Analysis is about re-parenting yourself and relearning the habits of a lifetime.” ― Stephen Galloway, Leading Lady; Sherry Lansing and the Making of a Hollywood Groundbreaker April 23, 2020

16432. “You are better than any Hollywood star. Just love yourself…!!!” ― M.Rehan Behleem April 23, 2020

16431. “We could debate whether movies reflect or create the reality. It’s clear to me they do both.” ― Alex Tizon, Big Little Man: In Search of My Asian Self April 23, 2020

16430. “In prose, when you wrote something, it’s symphonic… There’s something ethereal in that process that’s euphoric.” ― Paul T. Scheuring, The Far Shore April 23, 2020

16429. “The Hollywood process is a living thing and you get used to that.” ― Paul T. Scheuring, The Far Shore April 23, 2020

16428. “There’s a story you write, there’s a story you shoot and there’s a story you cut.” ― Paul T. Scheuring, The Far Shore April 23, 2020

16427. “It’s a great euphoria when you reach that writing zone.” ― Paul T. Scheuring, The Far Shore April 23, 2020

16426. “As a writer, you’re the guy in the box. You’re creating and you have these euphorias.” ― Paul T. Scheuring, The Far Shore April 23, 2020

16425. “With prose, I know where I’m starting and I think I know where I’m going.” ― Paul T. Scheuring, The Far Shore April 23, 2020

16424. “I’ve lived long enough to know that life doesn’t always stick to the rules…The perfectly impossible and absolutely ridiculous keep happening all the time.” ― Elizabeth Winder, Marilyn in Manhattan: Her Year of Joy April 23, 2020

16423. “Writing turns everybody into wussies. Everybody quits.” ― Paul T. Scheuring, The Far Shore April 23, 2020

16422. “It’s when you feel worse, that’s when your character comes out and the last thing you want to do is quit.” ― Paul T. Scheuring, The Far Shore April 23, 2020

16421. “Those movies… ridiculously inaccurate. The real gods of Asgard — Thor, Loki, Odin, and the rest — are much more powerful, much more terrifying than anything Hollywood could concoct.” ― Rick Riordan, The Sword of Summer April 23, 2020

16420. “I want my STAR ON HOLLYWOOD WALK OF FAME.” ― Mikki Koomar April 23, 2020

16419. “Hollywood, where the rich don’t have to pay for anything.” ― Caroline Kepnes, Hidden Bodies April 23, 2020

16418. “Only in the detached from reality world of goofy Hollywood and modern academia could a mass murderer like Che Guevara be turned into something of a cult celebrity.” ― Paul Kengor, The Politically Incorrect Guide to Communism April 23, 2020

16417. “Hollywood can be seductive, but it’s not real.” ― Dylan McDermott April 23, 2020

16416. “This is the ending. This is the end to several different stories. There will be no bang to it. No cliffhanger. Everything has come to a close and I’m ready to fade out.” ― J.C. Wickhart, Hills April 23, 2020

16415. “Rejection and failure are the bread and butter of this gluten-free, nondairy town.” ― Nell Scovell, Just the Funny Parts: … And a Few Hard Truths About Sneaking Into the Hollywood Boys’ Club April 23, 2020April 23, 2020