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When I write about my childhood I think, oh my God, how did I ever get from there to here? Not that any great thing has happened to me. But I felt so tiny, so lost.

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Travel works best when you're forced to come to terms with the place you're in.

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I'm constantly running across people who have never heard of books I think they should read.

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A travel book is about someone who goes somewhere, travels on the ground, sees something and spends quite a lot of time doing it, and has a hard time, and then comes back and writes about it. It's not about inventing.

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The amount of hassle involved in travel can be overwhelming.

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A novel captures essence that is not possible in any other form.

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The people of Hong Kong are criticized for only being interested in business, but it's the only thing they've been allowed to do.

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You can't write about a friend, you can only write about a former friend.

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People who don't read books a lot are threatened by books.

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I don't think I've ever seen a person having a serious conversation on a cellphone. It's like a kiddie thing, a complete time waster.

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Biography

Nationality: American

Type: Novelist

Born: April 10th, 1941

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