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I read a lot when I'm travelling and always have a couple of books on the go.

I'll read pretty much anywhere and anytime, but for a while now, I've really enjoyed reading on flights, especially the longer hauls, when I'm unplugged from everything and can completely immerse myself in the world of a book and submit happily to its rhythms, perspectives, ideas.

I've been a traveller, but I don't travel so much now. I'm trying to do it vicariously through my writing. I'm trying to write books that will draw readers away from their lives but send them back in a more awakened way.

I don't normally have time to read, so when I go away I like to take a few books.

I don't like to travel. Yet all my books seem to involve a journey.

Occasionally I find a travel book that is both illuminating and entertaining, where vivid writing and research replace self-indulgence and sloppy prose.

Writing books is a nice retreat. There's nothing quite like diving into a book for a few hours. That is a big time vacation.

Good travel books, like travel itself, open the door to new worlds. In the strongest works the author's vision becomes our own, especially if his or her subject is a distant destination.

Whether I'm at the office, at home, or on the road, I always have a stack of books I'm looking forward to reading.

Most people travel with a good book, but I also keep my agenda with me; I'll flip through the pages and take a few moments to organize my life a little - I rarely get the time to do this normally.