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.

The man who is tired of London is tired of looking for a parking space

If people are driving you around to look at animals, that's wonderful. That's educational, but it's not necessarily enlightening and you're not finding out much about yourself.

Although I'm not fluent in sign language by a long way, I could have a fairly decent conversation.

I'm not pessimistic about Africa. The cities just seem big and hopeless. But there's still a great green heart where there's possibility. There's hope in the wilderness.

It is usually expensive and lonely to be principled.

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