The amount of hassle involved in travel can be overwhelming.

You can't write about a friend, you can only write about a former friend.

No one has ever described the place where I have just arrived: this is the emotion that makes me want to travel. It is one of the greatest reasons to go anywhere.

There has to be a measure of difficulty or problem-solving in travel for it to be worthwhile.

Reading is also a journey. It's a process of discovery.

The monotony of staying in one place is the best thing for writing a novel. Having regular habits, a kind of security, but especially no big surprises, no shocks.

The measure of civilized behavior is compassion.