I am certainly more interested in interviewing than being interviewed. Sometimes you find yourself attacked from the start.

I mistrust total competence. I've always felt life is a series of small disasters we try to get through.

It's not an easy option. The essence of travel is letting go of habit and prejudice and relishing the unfamiliar. Food you've never eaten before, a language you've never spoken before, religion that mystifies, customs that confuse, politics that perplex, all question everyday assumptions about how you live your life.

Once the travel bug bites, there is no known antidote.

George Harrison's passing was really sad, but it does make the afterlife seem much more attractive.

Somewhere, a long way away, people are doing sensible things like mowing lawns and digging gardens.

I can be me, and people seem quite happy with that.