Travel is about failure or overcoming obstacles, overcoming failures. When a traveler is having lots of good luck, that is not a happy book. That's a book you say, well, I don't need that. I want a life lesson. I want to find out - I want a journey that reflects my life.

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

I cannot make my days longer so I strive to make them better.

In countries where all the crooked politicians wear pin-striped suits, the best people are bare-assed.

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.

And that is all anyone can do, try to be honest about what he feels, what he's seen or thinks he's seen.

The Japanese have perfected good manners and made them indistinguishable from rudeness.