Extensive traveling induces a feeling of encapsulation, and travel, so broadening at first, contracts the mind.
Paul Theroux
Mark Twain was a great traveler and he wrote three or four great travel books. I wouldn't say that I'm a travel novelist but rather a... →
Travel magazines are just one cupcake after another. They're not about travel. The travel magazine is, in fact, about the opposite of travel.... →
I wouldn't say that I'm a travel novelist, but rather a novelist who travels - and who uses travel as a background for finding stories of... →
The travel impulse is mental and physical curiosity. It's a passion. And I can't understand people who don't want to travel.
Travel works best when you're forced to come to terms with the place you're in.
The amount of hassle involved in travel can be overwhelming.
A travel book is a book that puts you in the shoes of the traveler, and it's usually a book about having a very bad time; having a miserable... →
I was raised in a large family. The first reason for my travel was to get away from my family. I knew that I wanted to be a writer, but I didn't... →
The worst thing that can happen to you in travel is having a gun pointed at you by a very young person. That's happened to me maybe four times in... →