Writing is pretty crummy on the nerves.
Fiction gives us a second chance that life denies us.
I think I understand passion. Love is something else.
Travel books are all sorts - some are autobiographies, some are about falling in love. Some are about having great meals, some are about suffering. There are as many different kinds of travel books as there are novels. People think a travel book is one thing. It's many things.
When I went to Hong Kong, I knew at once I wanted to write a story set there.
One of the cardinal principles of Buddhism, the principle of neglect.