A national crisis, a political convulsion, is an opportunity, a gift to the traveler. Nothing is more revealing of a place to a stranger than trouble. Even if a crisis is incomprehensible, as it usually is, it lends drama to the day and transforms the traveler into an eye witness.

Pain does not create a long-lasting memory, but the memory of luxury exerts itself for ever.

I don't look down on tourism. I live in Hawaii where we have 7 million visitors a year. If they weren't there, there would be no economy. So I understand why a tourist economy is necessary.

Fiction gives us a second chance that life denies us.

All politicians, even the most idealistic ones, are looking for money, sucking up to rich people.

Tibet has a very proud people but it's culturally gone and overrun ever since the Chinese took over. It's like saving the rhino. When a species is endangered, it's gone.

A person who is tired of London is not necessarily tired of life; it might be that he just can’t find a parking place.