Writing is pretty crummy on the nerves.

Loneliness in travel directs you and tells you about yourself. You don't become lonely unless you're alone.

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

Airplanes have dulled and desensitized us; we are encumbered, like lovers in a suit of armor.

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.

One of the pleasures of reading is seeing this alteration on the pages, and the way, by reading it, you have made the book yours.

One of the cardinal principles of Buddhism, the principle of neglect.