“But of course there's no logic to San Francisco generally, a city built with putty and pipe cleaners, rubber cement and colored construction paper. It's the work of fairies, elves, happy children with new crayons”
“America has only three cities: New York, San Francisco, and New Orleans. Everywhere else is Cleveland.”
“New York is at once cosmopolitan and parochial, a compendium of sentimental certainties. It is in fact the most sentimental of the world's great cities - in its self-congratulation a kind of San Francisco of the East”
“How is San Francisco, Alex? Lovely city. Will you leave your heart there? Do you think it's a good place to die?”
“This isn't a fairy tale. It's New York City.”
“I suppose in about fortnight we shall be told that he has been seen in San Francisco. It is an odd thing, but everyone who disappears is said to be seen at San Francisco. It must be a delightful city, and possess all the attractions of the next world.”