quote o' the day

"To live sanely in Los Angeles (or, I suppose, in any other large American city) 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.

They have planned a life for y...