The 70s were a wonderful time to be young. I think most young people at that time were pushing the boundaries, asking all sorts of questions of society, of life and of themselves. They were very politicised. It was part of the air that we breathed.

That odd idea that one person can go to a foreign part and in this rather odd voice describe it to the folks back home doesn't make much sense in the post-colonial world.

The two things I did learn were that you are as powerful and strong as you allow yourself to be, and that the most difficult part of any endeavor is taking the first step, making the first decision.

And there are new kinds of nomads, not people who are at home everywhere, but who are at home nowhere. I was one of them

The most difficult part of any endeavour is taking the first step, making the first decision.

Some of us just don't want to be famous ... anonymity cannot be bought for any price, once you have lost it.

Real travel would be to see the world, for even an instant, with another's eyes