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I was raised in a large family. The first reason for my travel was to get away from my family. I knew that I wanted to be a writer, but I didn't want ...more

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The travel impulse is mental and physical curiosity. It's a passion. And I can't understand people who don't want to travel.

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I think people read travel books either because they intend to take that trip, or because they would never take that trip. In a sense, as a writer you...more

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The two impulses in travel are to get away from home, and the other is to pursue something - a landscape, people, an exotic place. Certainly finding a...more