People talk about the pain of writing, but very few people talk about the pleasure and satisfaction. Votes: 6
There's books that are about places we will never go, and then there's books that inspire us to go. Votes: 0
Although I'm not fluent in sign language by a long way, I could have a fairly decent conversation. Votes: 0
Pain does not create a long-lasting memory, but the memory of luxury exerts itself for ever. Votes: 0
I don't think that it's possible to have a truly rewarding experience in travel if it's simple. Votes: 0
The job of the travel writer is to go far and wide, to make voluminous notes, to tell the truth. Votes: 0
I am happy being what I am. Votes: 0
Airplanes have dulled and desensitized us; we are encumbered, like lovers in a suit of armor. Votes: 0
All politicians, even the most idealistic ones, are looking for money, sucking up to rich people. Votes: 0
I sought trains; I found passengers. Votes: 0
I think that love isn't what you think it is when you're in your twenties or even thirties. Votes: 0
I'm a tourist, a glorified tourist. I'm not doing it to have a good time or to lie in the sun. Votes: 0
I'm constantly running across people who have never heard of books I think they should read. Votes: 0
Nothing to me is so erotic as a hotel room, and therefore so penetrated with life and death. Votes: 0
There has to be a measure of difficulty or problem-solving in travel for it to be worthwhile. Votes: 0
There is no faster way of destroying a man, or mocking his ideas, than making him fashionable. Votes: 0
What I find is that you can do almost anything or go almost anywhere, if you're not in a hurry. Votes: 0