Katherine Dunn Quotes

Actually going on tour is like the break in the year that I go away and do something different and come back.

To get away from one's working environment is, in a sense, to get away from one's self; and this is often the chief advantage of travel and change.

My favorite thing about summer is just the idea of having a little time off to do things for you, whether that be going on a vacation, spending more time with your friends, or going to places you've never been before.

Travelling helps me rejuvenate and de-stress.

When I work, I work non-stop and so hard that I barely get time to see anything but the set and home. So whenever I am done with one show, I go into my globetrotter mode and just pick a place and disappear for a while.

I'd like to get away from earth awhile / And then come back to it and begin over.

I always try to have a vacation.

It's not the destination that matters. It's the change of scene.

In general, when you travel, you get into a different reality and are able to more accurately reflect on your ordinary life. Hiking does that for me.

It was a great escape for me and it was a way to take a break from what was going on in my own world, to go into another world.

There comes a moment on a journey when something sweet, something irresistible and charming as wine raised to thirsty lips, wells up in the traveller's being.

I think I would spend the first 30 weeks not writing, just clearing my head and seeing parts of the world I haven't seen and going back to places I have seen and love.

Certain things give you another perspective in life.

If some people didn't tell you, you'd never know they'd been away on a vacation.

I've never really taken more than four days off, so it was a lot for me to go away for three-and-a-half months. I went all over Europe. I walked on a whole bunch of beaches and I did a lot of thinking.

One's destination is never a place but rather a new way of looking at things.

With me a change of trouble is as good as a vacation.

I'm on the road a lot so when I get some time to relax I definitely take advantage.

I am never on holiday.

Doing regular things and not just working all the time, as much as I love the work I do, it's nice to take a break and really have perspective on things and go on road trips or go hiking or travel. It keeps me alive and curious.

I'm quite tired, so when 'Dancing On Ice' is over I need a good holiday.

I always try, if I can, to travel before I start a writing project. For me, travelling is my education. It inspires me, and it clears my mind and allows me to come back with a cleansed palate.

The travel book is a convenient metaphor for life, with its optimistic beginning or departure, its determined striving, and its reflective conclusion. Journeys change travellers just as a good travel book can change readers.

I think holidays come in all sizes - sometimes you just need to relax.

If we took a holiday, took some time to celebrate, just one day out of life, it would be, it would be so nice.