Arthur Hailey Quotes

I was born to travel and write verse.

I do as much bookish research as I can but when I sit down to write, often I think, 'Wait, I was there.' That is one of the great advantages of having wandered around the world and lived in so many places and met such fascinating people.

The world is a country which nobody ever yet knew by description; one must travel through it one's self to be acquainted with it.

Good travel books, like travel itself, open the door to new worlds. In the strongest works the author's vision becomes our own, especially if his or her subject is a distant destination.

I have been very fortunate to be a part of tours with other artists that have exposed me to new places that I've never been before. Once you discover something beautiful, you just want to keep coming back.

I think 'Amazing Race' is sometimes like being on tour.

I'm more obsessed with the idea of vacation than any one particular vacation spot. I love to explore new places and cultures.

And, one thing I definitely enjoyed personally, from a selfish point of view, was exploration and going to places that I had never been to before and learning, you know, meeting the people and getting to know, new sights and sounds, etc.

I like to travel and connect.

Traveling is seeing; it is the implicit that we travel by.

Ah! Young people, travel if you can, and if you cannot - travel all the same!

In order for me to write a scene, it's very important for me to see and experience everything with my own eyes, so yes, I was able to visit some remarkable houses and destinations while I was in China.

Now I am discovering the world once more. England has widened my horizon.

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.

Every part of the country has its story to tell, so I'm always looking for the next place to be.

The summer I finished my first novel 'Ghana Must Go,' I drove across west Africa: from Accra to Lome to Cotonou to the deliciously named Ouagadougou.

I love to see new things, and I love to learn. I always learn so much when I travel - that's the best thing.

I just like seeing the world, and it doesn't matter where.

It was with deep interest that my companion and myself, both now about to see and examine the beauties of a tropical country for the first time, gazed on the land where I, at least, eventually spent eleven of the best years of my life.

Travel around the world is amazing. New people. New-found family, really.

Do you want Columbus to go across the ocean, or do you want to put a message in a bottle and hope that it lands somewhere? I'd rather have actual people be there. Whether they look like Americans or like the inhabitants of some other country, depends on who has the most drive.

Traveling is the only passion that doesn't need to feel shy in front of intellect.

So you've decided to travel around the world. This is an excellent thing to do. It's a precious place, this planet. We should see it.

I could do one show after another in China for the rest of my life and still die ignorant. There's a lot of places left to go.

You get educated by traveling.