“I think I got into travelling because it was so not in my blood, so against my tendency to just stay put because my dad just hated...”

“It doesn't require much thought for one to realise that any travel book worthy of the name has to be a departure from the standard...”

“The lesson of travel seems to be so banal, but so great, which is that people are just so amazingly decent the world over. Given t...”

“The person doing the learning is the person writing the book as much as the person reading it.”

“I'm incredibly competitive in all sports in a way that is so mystifying to my wife because she grew up playing the violin and pian...”

“Have more than one idea on the go at any one time. If it's a choice between writing a book and doing nothing I will always choose...”

“Perhaps these Ten Commandments cases will be the turning point in the legal war against religion.”

“Nevertheless, there is another threat on the horizon. I see this threat in environmentalism which is becoming a new dominant ideol...”

“If you reject the food, ignore the customs, fear the religion and avoid the people, you might better stay at home.”

“Most men's anger about religion is as if two men should quarrel for a lady they neither of them care for.”

“The greatest thing a human soul ever does in this world... to see clearly is poetry, prophecy and religion all in one.”

“It is certainly true that writers take a stance at some variance from organized religion. This has not always been true. But since...”