Sometimes a journey arises out of hope and instinct, the heady conviction, as your finger travels along the map: Yes, here and here ... and here. These are the nerve-ends of the world.

Sometimes journeys begin long before their first step is taken

A nation is bound not only by the real past, but the stories it tells itself: by what it remembers, and what it forgets.

The attributes you need to be a travel writer are somewhat contradictory. For travel you need to be tough and resilient and to write you must be sensitive and sympathetic.

Phones are distracting. The internet is distracting.The way he looked at you? He wasn't distracted. He was consumed.

Be real to others. You can be fake only to yourself.

I sacrificed a lot, in terms of friendship and family, from working so much at such a young age, but I wouldn't be where I am if I hadn't.

Some people thought we were presenting Archie as a false character. President Nixon thought we were making a fool out of a good man.

It is only through contact and comparison that the relative value or worthlessness of the various cultural elements can be clearly and critically seen and understood.

You don’t marry for love. What does love got to do with marriage? I spit on love and marriage. You marry for money.

I can remember playing under the big wooden desk in his office. My mother didn't like us to chew gum, so we'd go into his office, and he'd feed us gum under the desk.

Buenos Aires is my favorite city. I think it's fantastic - but is a troubled, sort of psychologically troubled city.

If you live right, death is a joke to you as far as fear is concerned.