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I wish I was one of those persnickety types who buys guidebooks and studies them, but I don't have the inclination or time. I'm more of a 'get on the plane, arrive at the destination and see what happens' kind of traveler.

— Candace Bushnell

Sentiment: NEGATIVE

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✓Similar Perspectives

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

— Chris Van Allsburg

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.

— Carolina Herrera

I do have some books, but in all the distance flights I've made I've never opened the books. I've been too busy.

— Steve Fossett

I've seen a lot of people buy my books and then fall asleep on the plane soon afterwards.

— Maeve Binchy

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 are doing the travel for the reader.

— Paul Theroux

Travel teaches as much as books.

— Youssou N'Dour

I go on a good many adventure-type trips. Whenever I go on one, it's always potentially going to be the setting for one of my books. I pay more attention to certain aspects than some other people might. Sometimes I use them, sometimes I don't. Most of the books I write are based on experiences I've had to some extent.

— Watt Key

A travel book is a book that puts you in the shoes of the traveler, and it's usually a book about having a very bad time; having a miserable time, even better.

— Paul Theroux

It's kind of amazing that people will travel because of a book. I admire that.

— Frances Mayes

✗Opposing Perspectives

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

— Amy Winehouse