Diana Leopard Wright

"And you know what? I really think that — and I’ve said this before — but I think that L.A. forces you to become the person you really are. I don’t think L.A. is a place where you’re allowed to reinvent yourself. It absolutely isn’t. There’s an isolating quality to a life lived out here. I don’t care how many friends you have. I don’t care if you have a relationship. Whatever. It’s just an isolating city. You’re alone a lot. And I think it forces you to become the person you really are. It doesn’t allow you to hide. I think New York is a much easier place to kind of reinvent yourself. In L.A., over time, the real person you are ultimately comes out, or else people can’t deal with that and they flee before it happens."