I understand more when I travel why people believe that the French are arrogant.
In all my travels I never met with any one Scotchman but what was a man of sense: I believe everybody of that country that has any, leaves it as fast as they can.
Everywhere in the world, when you travel, you see structures that stand out. Historic structures and new structures. But in India, I don't see anything that stands out.
Is it worth while to observe that there are no Venetian blinds in Venice?
You can tell when you have crossed the frontier into Germany because of the badness of the coffee.
But my sense in talking to people when I travel is that the film business is not that dissimilar from a lot of other businesses.
The more I tour the world, the more I see that people are just like me. They love violence.
Wherever we've travelled in this great land of ours, we've found that people everywhere are about 90% water.
I'm here to tell you the coffee was hot, the orange juice was cold, New York's still there and Reagan National is back.
I have now seen sucrose beaches and water a very bright blue. I have seen an all-red leisure suit with flared lapels. I have smelled suntan lotion spread over 2,100 pounds of hot flesh. I have been addressed as "Mon" in three different nations. I have seen 500 upscale Americans dance the Electric Slide. I have seen sunsets that looked computer-enhanced. I have (very briefly) joined a conga line.
Turkeys, quails, and small birds, are here to be seen; but birds are not numerous in desart forests; they draw near to the habitations of men, as I have constantly observed in all my travels.
I've been traveling in Guatemala in the rainforest, and here all these houses are made of sticks. It seems so easy to make one.
What new thoughts are suggested by seeing a face of country quite familiar, in the rapid movement of the rail-road car!
I just rode cross-country and the thing I noticed is just how afraid everyone is, and how nervous and scared and angry people are. From my point of view, I don't think it's all necessarily justified, but I think that's easy for me to say.
I never make a trip to the United States without visiting a supermarket. To me they are more fascinating than any fashion salon.
I have something to say about the difference between American and European cities, but I forgot what it was. I have it written down at home somewhere.
