“To live sanely in Los Angeles ... you have to cultivate the art of staying awake. You must learn to resist (firmly but not tensely) the unceasing hypnotic suggestions of the radio, the billboards, the movies and the newspapers; those demon voices which are forever whispering in your ear what you should desire, what you should fear, what you should wear and eat and drink and enjoy, what you should think and do and be.” ThinkingShouldArtDesireEnjoyVoiceForeverDrinkEarsRadioNewspapersAwakeDemonStayingLos AngelesSuggestionsWhisperingBillboardsHypnotic Book:Exhumations: Stories, Articles, Verses Source: Exhumations: Stories, Articles, Verses
“In order to get the worst possible first impression of Los Angeles one should arrive there by bus, preferably in summer and on a Saturday night.” ShouldFirstsNightOrderWorstSummerImpressionLos AngelesBusSaturdaySaturday NightFirst Impression Author:Christopher Isherwood
“One should never write down or up to people, but out of yourself.” PeopleShouldWriting Author:Christopher Isherwood
“Do you think it makes people nasty to be loved? You know it doesn’t! Then why should it make them nice to be loathed? While you’re being persecuted, you hate what’s happening to you, you hate the people who are making it happen; you’re in a world of hate. Why, you wouldn’t recognize love if you met it! You’d suspect love! You’d think there was something behind it—some motive—some trick.” PeopleIfsThinkingKnowsWorldShouldHappensHateBehindsNiceLove YouMetsHappeningsTricksMotiveSuspectsNastyPersecuted Book:A single man Source: A single man
“I certainly should have,' he agrees, smiling and thinking what an absurd and universally-accepted bit of nonsense it is, that your best friends must necessarily be the ones who best understand you. As if there weren't far too much understanding in the world already; above all, that understanding between lovers, celebrated in song and story, which is actually such torture that no two of them can bear it without frequent separations or fights.” IfsThinkingWorldShouldTwoStoriesSongFightingBitsUnderstandingToo MuchBearsLoversShould HaveAgreeAcceptedSeparationAbsurdTortureNonsenseYour Best Friend Author:Christopher Isherwood
