I think I understand passion. Love is something else.

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.

Summer afternoon—summer afternoon

When you feel that unpleasant darkness invading your mind, read this book and these stories will help you return to the light and warmth of life.

Music bypasses the brain and goes straight to the heart. I wish my life had more of it.

No life ever grows great until it is focused, dedicated, disciplined.

With useless endeavour Forever, forever, Is Sisyphus rolling His stone up the mountain!

After I had done a handful of cartoons I was satisfied with, I started submitting them to the magazines.

The sun beams are always there. The trick is in seeing them.

Uncover what you long for and you will discover who you are.

My wife has teeth like the stars... they come out at night.

The end of all our exploring will be to arrive where we started.