To remain unknown in this modern world: that, indeed, is real power.

When it is going well, it is the best job [writing] in the world. For those few hours, you are god, in control of everything. However, for me, the great joy of writing is that it has allowed me to travel the world in search of stories.

What is it like being single? I like it! I like starting each day with a sense of possibility. And I'm optimistic, because everyday I get a little more desperate. And desperate situations yield the quickest results.

Distance makes everything beautiful.

I have been very lucky: my writing has taken me across the world, and I have seen some extraordinary sites and sights.

And once begun, change cannot be reversed.

The day we stop learning is the day we die.