I want people to laugh with me and Paraguay and Newfoundland, but I don't want to laugh at them. I hope in my books at the end of the day you come across with the impression that I really admire both of these places.

Buenos Aires is my favorite city. I think it's fantastic - but is a troubled, sort of psychologically troubled city.

One does have to learn to travel with a degree of humility and that reflected in writing and personality.

I don't want to sell other people trips! I want to be there!

Diplomacy was what I wanted to do. From really quite an early age and I think I had a false impression that diplomacy equals travel.

In Western Civilization - America and Britain - if you see people talking and it becomes an argument and voices are raised, you are not surprised if violence follows. Hopefully it won't, but you are not surprised.

I am always surprised when people do get upset. Perhaps its just the nutty people who write to newspapers who get upset.