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A writer's job is to tell the truth.

In a certain sense, a writer is an exile, an outsider, always reporting on things, and it is part of his life to keep on the move. Travel is natural.

A writer's job is to give the reader a larger vision of the world.

Writers and travelers are mesmerized alike by knowing of their destinations.

I tend to write more when I travel.

I just don't see myself as a travel writer. I can't. I don't.

I wouldn't say that I'm a travel novelist, but rather a novelist who travels - and who uses travel as a background for finding stories of places.

You have to first be a writer and somebody who loves to write. If I couldn't travel, I would still write.

The truth is I'm not really interested in travel writing as it's generally conceived, and even less so in female travel writing.

Travelling is difficult, and writers tend to want to stay at home and do their work.