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

The conversation, like many others I had with people on trains, derived an easy candour from the shared journey, the comfort of the dining car, and the certain knowledge that neither of us would see each other again.

I believe I have a sunny disposition, and am not naturally a grouch. It takes a lot of optimism, after all, to be a traveler.

travel [is] flight and pursuit in equal parts.

They say that if the Swiss had designed these mountains they'd be rather flatter.

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

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