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

I've never particularly liked travelling with large groups or being told where to go by somebody else. I prefer to find out for myself.

Listen -- strange women lying in ponds distributing swords is no basis for a system of government. Supreme executive power derives from a mandate from the masses, not from some farcical aquatic ceremony.

The trouble with travelling back later on is that you can never repeat the same experience.

You don't ask people about the immigration policies of the U.K. or their country's agricultural policy. Instead, you talk to them about the meal they're eating or their family, and from that you get the sense of another human being, someone we can all relate to.

The Buddhist version of poverty is a situation where you have nothing to contribute.

I have been unusually blessed in that I've been allowed to pursue two strands of a career that both delight me and seem to please the public.