In a funny way, nothing makes you feel more like a native of your own country than to live where nearly everyone is not.
Bill BrysonI have long known that it is part of God's plan for me to spend a little time with each of the most stupid people on earth.
Bill BrysonIf a potato can produce vitamin C, why can't we? Within the animal kingdom only humans and guinea pigs are unable to synthesize vitamin C in their own bodies. Why us and guinea pigs? No point asking. Nobody knows.
Bill BrysonThe first book I did - the first successful book - was a kind of a travel book, and publishers in Britain encouraged me to do more.
Bill BrysonBook tours are really kind of fun. You get to stay in nice hotels, you are driven everywhere in big silver cars, you are treated as if you are much more important than you are, you can eat steak three times a day at someone else's expense, and you get to talk endlessly about yourself for weeks at a stretch.
Bill Bryson