He regarded himself as an accomplished writer — a clear sign of madness in anyone.

Hawaii is not a state of mind, but a state of grace.

There are probably more annoying things than being hectored about African development by a wealthy Irish rock star in a cowboy hat, but I can't think of one at the moment.

The Australian Book of Etiquette is a very slim volume.

I cannot make my days longer so I strive to make them better.

You go away for a long time and return a different person - you never come all the way back.

You can't save the rhinos and you can't preserve a culture. I'm very pessimistic. Once it's gone, it's over.

All travel is circular. I had been jerked through Asia, making a parabola on one of the planet's hemispheres. After all, the grand tour is just the inspired man's way of heading home.

Travel is an attitude, a state of mind. It is not residence, it is motion.

Railways are irresistible bazaars, snaking along perfectly level no matter what the landscape, improving your mood with speed, and never upsetting your drink.

Tibet has a very proud people but it's culturally gone and overrun ever since the Chinese took over. It's like saving the rhino. When a species is endangered, it's gone.

Is there any force like faith?

If you don’t write your memoirs down then time will swallow them up, leaving no leftovers.

Tell me, how do get away from your own self?” she questioned. I knew what she meant with a sickening realization. They knew what I was. Somehow, they had found out my only secret.

I think age is really changing how I write and the themes that I connect with. But there are also things I'm really intrigued about.

I want my body to help fertilize the growth of a cactus or cliff rose or sagebrush or tree.

Users think they know what they want, but you get the horseless carriage effect where you're getting asked for a faster horse.

Footballs, basketballs, microphones, gas and grass... Just some of the few things that J-Ro likes to pass.

Aunt Petunia often said that Dudley looked like a baby angel — Harry often said that Dudley looked like a pig in a wig.

A poem is really a kind of machine for producing the poetic state by means of words.

Slashdot. I did that.