Fiction gives us a second chance that life denies us.

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

Reading liberates you. You could know about the world through reading.

The man who is tired of London is tired of looking for a parking space

You think of travellers as bold, but our guilty secret is that travel is one of the laziest ways on earth of passing the time.

Luxury is the enemy of observation, a costly indulgence that induces such a good feeling that you notice nothing. Luxury spoils and infantilizes you and prevents you from knowing the world.

Basically, what you find out is the limits of your patience and your strength and your capacity to adapt. You find that out in travel and being alone and being tested. So that's a great thing.