I'm a tourist, a glorified tourist. I'm not doing it to have a good time or to lie in the sun.

You go away for a long time and return a different person - you never come all the way back.

An island is a fixed and finite piece of geography, and usually the whole place has been carved up and claimed.

All places, no matter where, no matter what, are worth visiting.

Travel is glamorous only in retrospect.

I think I understand passion. Love is something else.

I don't look down on tourism. I live in Hawaii where we have 7 million visitors a year. If they weren't there, there would be no economy. So I understand why a tourist economy is necessary.