Nicholas Kristof Quotes

I'd waste a holiday trying to set a story in this new place I'd visit, whereas I would never write a story about Indianapolis.

I can create countries just as I can create the actions of my characters. That is why a lot of travel seems to me a waste of time.

I tend to write more when I travel.

I got into writing short stories and blogs while on the road.

I've always liked the idea that writing is a form of travel. And I started my writing career as a mystery novelist for adults.

I did some film reviews for small papers in Finland and things like that to be able to keep living here.

When we've finished the current tour I'm going to go back to Italy and see if I can do some more writing.

I've been a traveller, but I don't travel so much now. I'm trying to do it vicariously through my writing. I'm trying to write books that will draw readers away from their lives but send them back in a more awakened way.

I was born to travel and write verse.

As long as there are things to wonder about, there are stories to be written about them. That makes me happy, because writing about things seems to be my thing.

Writing on the road is a passion of mine.

Writing will be like a journey, every word a footstep that takes me further into undiscovered land.

I always wanted to write. While I was on a long surf trip, supporting myself with various day jobs, I was working hard on a novel. My third novel, in fact.

You know, I've always wanted to be a young Charles Kuralt. I started in this business with just a Winnebago and a dream.

I know I'm never going to probably see the Taj Mahal or, you know, climb Mt. Everest, but I can still maybe influence peoples' way of thinking by a story that I do, by something I learn about the world.

I don't much enjoy travelling, but I have always longed to take a slow train to Russia. I'd like to go alone - like writers do - with only a pencil and piece of paper as company. I'd take my sketchbook and note down all the wonderful details of other travellers.

I hope to be with you as a writer for a very long time, and I hope that you will enjoy reading my work, because readers are the highest form of life on this planet.

It's true to say that once I've got the bare bones of a story, I often get ideas from my own research trips to faraway places.

I get so much inspiration from my travels, but I also started an exercise where I write down so many words every week. Then I begin crossing them off. We create a grid of words and also images, but words for me are more ample because you can interpret them your own way.

I'm ever curious about the world. I'm driven to go out and find new things to write about. Having a vivid imagination is also a plus.

I do not understand how on earth you can become a writer without seeing the world.

I don't write about things that I have the answers to or things that are very close to home. It just wouldn't be any adventure. It wouldn't have any vitality.

One thing I always did in my career was writing. I always was writing. I was trying to create things. For myself, for other people.

My aunt got me interested in journalism - she found an old typewriter, had it worked over, put it on the dining room table, gave me a stack of paper and said, 'Play like you're a writer.'

I loved stories as a kid, both being read to me and enjoying on my own. All these stories inspired my imagination, and that's what I have always aimed at doing for my readers: ignite their imaginations.