Going slowly [...] was the best way of being reminded that there is a relationship between Here and There, and that travel narrative was the story of There and Back.

Cooking requires confident guesswork and improvisation-- experimentation and substitution, dealing with failure and uncertainty in a creative way

All politicians, even the most idealistic ones, are looking for money, sucking up to rich people.

People talk about the pain of writing, but very few people talk about the pleasure and satisfaction.

You may not know it but I'm no good at coping with all the attention in the luxury hotels I sometimes find myself in.

Tourists who go to Africa have more of a traditional experience than Africans do. A tourist goes on safari; Africans don't.

I don't think that it's possible to have a truly rewarding experience in travel if it's simple.