When I'm writing, I like to travel alone. If you really want to find out about a place, you need to be as free as possible to be spontaneous. You also need to be lonely, because loneliness is a great teacher, too.

Pain does not create a long-lasting memory, but the memory of luxury exerts itself for ever.

A person who is tired of London is not necessarily tired of life; it might be that he just can’t find a parking place.

I don't think I've ever seen a person having a serious conversation on a cellphone. It's like a kiddie thing, a complete time waster.

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

Although I'm not fluent in sign language by a long way, I could have a fairly decent conversation.

It's not fashionable but I like to spit out of the window of a moving train.