People who don't read books a lot are threatened by books.

The people of Hong Kong are criticized for only being interested in business, but it's the only thing they've been allowed to do.

I grew up in an era of thinking of travel as escape. The idea that you could conceivably have a new life, go somewhere, fall in love, have little children under the palm trees.

My greatest inspiration is memory.

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

Winter is a season of recovery and preparation.

The worst thing that can happen to you in travel is having a gun pointed at you by a very young person. That's happened to me maybe four times in my life. I didn't like it.