California is a tragic country - like Palestine, like every Promised Land.
Christopher Isherwood

I am a camera with its shutter open, quite passive, recording, not thinking.
Christopher Isherwood

I'll bet Shakespeare compromised himself a lot; anybody who's in the entertainment industry does to some extent.
Christopher Isherwood

Life is not so bad if you have plenty of luck, a good physique, and not too much imagination.
Christopher Isherwood

One should never write down or up to people, but out of yourself.
Christopher Isherwood

What irritates me is the bland way people go around saying, 'Oh, our attitude has changed. We don't dislike these people any more.' But by the strangest coincidence, they haven't taken away the injustice; the laws are still on the books.
Christopher Isherwood