I don't think I've ever seen a person having a serious conversation on a cellphone. It's like a kiddie thing, a complete time waster.

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

All places, no matter where, no matter what, are worth visiting.

You must not judge people by their country. In South America, it is always wise to judge people by their altitude.

Someone who seems doddery is perhaps not doddery at all but only an older person absorbed in squinting concentration, as though on an ultimate trip, memorizing a scene, grateful for being alive to see it.

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

When I went to Hong Kong, I knew at once I wanted to write a story set there.