Travel brings wisdom only to the wise. It renders the ignorant more ignorant than ever.

I have learned all kinds of things from my many mistakes. The one thing I never learn to stop making them.

A whole new thing. A forging of the humble parts of bread and cheese into a greater whole. I call it...a cheese-trap.

As a writer, you have to first of all write what you want to. Listen to advice, by all means, but don't get bogged down in it.

Sometimes it doesn't matter too much what choice you make, as long as you make it quick and stick to it.

Sometimes men change for the better. Sometimes men change for the worse. And often, very often, given time and opportunity . . .’ He waved his flask around for a moment, then shrugged. ‘They change back.

You have to learn to love the small things in life, like a hot bath. You have to love the small things, when you have nothing else