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

The amount of hassle involved in travel can be overwhelming.

I think I understand passion. Love is something else.

The Japanese have perfected good manners and made them indistinguishable from rudeness.

You define a good flight by negatives: you didn't get hijacked, you didn't crash, you didn't throw up, you weren't late, you weren't nauseated by the food. So you are grateful.

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

I never stay with people and I never look people up when I travel. I depend more on just chance meetings. The advantage is that people don't know who I am. I meet people casually and they're not doing me a big favor because I'm going to write something.