I find, on my own travels, that the most depressing form of culture shock is experienced when you go into a country that is under the thumb of a dictator.

At its best, travel should challenge our preconceptions and most cherished views, cause us to rethink our assumptions, shake us a bit, make us broader minded and more understanding.

Nicaragua is becoming the least expensive Caribbean destination.

Tourism does not go to a city that has lost its soul.

Luckily you cannot get to the Golden Triangle in a bus. You can only access it on your own two feet!

Dubai,I think is a big bore - a city deliberately built to appeal to tourism, and only built for that purpose, and not possessing a valid culture or history of its own.

Once abroad, I eat one meal a day picnic-style: Ive learned that no mature stomach can tolerate an endless routine of rich restaurant meals.

I've always found that the best travelers are the very same people who are intensely interested in the history and culture of their own home city.

In general, my advice is to seek out people and new ideas when you travel.

What a treasure of awesome sights and attractions our country has.

I always feel depressed when I go into a country under dictatorial rule.

The rabbi glanced over glumly from behind the jail bars. 'My faith in God is fine, ' he said. 'It's people I'm not so sure about.

Knowledge is a priceless gift of enlightenment

He could still escape—the fear was in front of him, and all he had to do was wrench free and run in the other direction. But he kept walking forward, straight into its embrace.

There seems to be no agent more effective than another person in bringing a world for oneself alive, or, by a glance, a gesture, or a remark, shriveling up the reality in which one is lodged.

When we get to wishing a great deal for ourselves, whatever we get soon turns into mere limitation and exclusion.

I naturally want to be provocative.

Never try to be witty with U.S. airport officials. It's always lost on them and you'll find yourself being put back on the plane.

Nothing is created or destroyed in nature.

I got a good handshake. A lot of executives tell me I have the best handshake in Hollywood.

A modern civilization is only possible when it is accepted that singular beings exist and express themselves freely.