Ory Okolloh Quotes

I first travelled to Africa at the end of 1996 and was immediately captivated. I had planned on a three-week trip, and I ended up staying two months.

I love Scotland, mainly for its landscape. I like walking, and it's a great place to go hiking.

I work a lot in Africa: Texas and Africa have the best sunsets on the planet, that I've ever seen.

I really fell in love with Africa.

I like the Patagonia in Argentina.

I love working in New Zealand. It's just the most beautiful country I've ever been to.

The great outdoors is a theme with me; a walking holiday in Scotland is perfect - Culloden and the forests of Aviemore are both favourites.

Australia is so cool that it's hard to even know where to start describing it. The beaches are beautiful; so is the weather. Not too crowded. Great food, great music, really nice people. It must be a lot like Los Angeles was many years ago.

Australia is breathtakingly beautiful, and I can't wait to visit again.

To the lover of wilderness, Alaska is one of the most wonderful countries in the world.

I get to go to all these beautiful places, so it's nice being able to take pictures of it.

One of my favourite kinds of movie is the American picaresque, in which the characters make their way across the country, learning about life against the gorgeous backdrops of that vast land.

It is like a voyage of discovery into unknown lands, seeking not for new territory but for new knowledge. It should appeal to those with a good sense of adventure.

I went out to Mount Kilimanjaro, which I thought was very beautiful, but there were a lot of people there.

There is such a big chunk of me that is David Attenborough. I think he is my biggest inspiration.

Over the years, I've traveled to many places for inspiration and research, including Pennsylvania, Ohio, South Carolina, California, and Hawaii.

Another time, we had three days off in Australia, so we went out of our way to fly to Ayres Rock.

I feel as if I go to Africa, I may never come back. I'm just going to live with the animals and adopt an elephant, and it's going to be my friend.

The adventurer in me would love to visit Patagonia, Chile.

Africa is probably one of the most beautiful places I have ever been.

From 1991 to 2000, I was totally nomadic. I was travelling 300 days a year and building out my research. These were a bit like my learning and migrating years, so to say.

I have a perfect life where I read; I go out into the wilderness and camp. I meet scientists and learn about their studies of wild animals, and then I come home... and start creating the world I have seen.

Every book is a new journey. I never felt I was an expert on a subject as I embarked on a project.

To me, the great joy of writing is discovering. Most writers are told to write about what they know, but I still love the adventure of going out and reporting on things I don't know about.

I wanted to be an anthropologist and travel.