He regarded himself as an accomplished writer — a clear sign of madness in anyone.

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

My house is a place I have spent many years improving to the point where I have no desire to leave it.

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

You can't save the rhinos and you can't preserve a culture. I'm very pessimistic. Once it's gone, it's over.

Travel is an attitude, a state of mind. It is not residence, it is motion.

Reading liberates you. You could know about the world through reading.