Even if I were traveling with you, your trip would not be mine.

A gun show is about like-minded people who feel as if everything has been taken away from them - jobs, money, pride.

The worst thing that can happen to you in travel is having a gun pointed at you by a very young person. That's happened to me maybe four times in my life. I didn't like it.

There are probably more annoying things than being hectored about African development by a wealthy Irish rock star in a cowboy hat, but I can't think of one at the moment.

You can't write about a friend, you can only write about a former friend.

I like the idea of isolation, I like the idea of solitude. You can be connected and have a phone and still be lonely.

Luxury is the enemy of observation, a costly indulgence that induces such a good feeling that you notice nothing. Luxury spoils and infantilizes you and prevents you from knowing the world.