Sometimes a Quote is So Good…

…you just have to write it down somewhere.  I feel this way about an excerpt from "L.A. Requiem" by Robert Crais:

"There is great audacity in the willingness to change, more than a little optimism, and a serious dose of courage.  It was the courage that I admired most, even though the results often made me cringe.  After all, the people who come to Los Angeles are looking for change.  Everyone else just stays home."

This quote comes early in the book, page 21 in the hardcover edition I'm reading.  Crais is a hardcore Angeleno, and one of the reasons I love reading him is his books are filled with observations like the one above.  I lived in Los Angeles for only 10 years, but I find many of his comments about life in LA to be spot-on, like the one above.  Reading things like this always charge me up to go write something, and write something great.  I can't wait for the next chance to sit down with "Rubbed Out".

Have a terrific weekend!  I'll blog more next week.  Thanks for reading!  -Jon