Travel Writer

Famous quotes containing the words travel writer, travel and/or writer:

    “The travel writer seeks the world we have lost—the lost valleys of the imagination.”
    —Alexander Cockburn (b. 1941)

    “Travelling, gentlemen, is medieval, today we have means of communication, not to speak of tomorrow and the day after, means of communication that bring the world into our homes, to travel from one place to another is atavistic.”
    —Max Frisch (1911–1991)

    “In a restaurant one is both observed and unobserved. Joy and sorrow can be displayed and observed “unwittingly,” the writer scowling naively and the diners wondering, What the hell is he doing?”
    —David Mamet (b. 1947)