There are two worlds: the world of the tourist and the world of everyone else. Often they're side by side. But the tourist doesn't actually see how people live.

No one has ever described the place where I have just arrived: this is the emotion that makes me want to travel. It is one of the greatest reasons to go anywhere.

You define a good flight by negatives: you didn't get hijacked, you didn't crash, you didn't throw up, you weren't late, you weren't nauseated by the food. So you are grateful.

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

Travel is at its most rewarding when it ceases to be about your reaching a destination and becomes indistinguishable from living your life

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.

Gain a modest reputation for being unreliable and you will never be asked to do a thing.