I am very cautious of people who are absolutely right, especially when they are vehemently so.

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.

I think some of the best modern writing comes now from travellers.

Despite having seen a fair amount of the world, I still love travelling - I just have an insatiable curiosity and like looking out of a window.

The human race should just slow down and think about what it is doing.

People say the most stupid things on the spur of the moment that they then have to retract.

There are people who travel because they want to push themselves to physical limits, people who walk across deserts or cycle across the Antarctic - like Ranulph Fiennes, who just does it because it's there. And then there are people like me, who are just genuinely curious about the world.