Writing Anything Is A Treason

On The Plane, I Like To Read Fiction Set In The Location I'm Going To. Fiction Is In Many Ways More Useful Than A Guidebook, Because It Gives You Those Little Details, A Sense Of The Way A Place Smells, An Emotional Sense Of The Place. So, I'll Bring Graham Greene's The Quiet American If I'm Going To Vietnam. It's Good To Feel Romantic About A Destination Before You Arrive.

People Are Generally Proud Of Their Food. A Willingness To Eat And Drink With People Without Fear And Prejudice... They Open Up To You In Ways That Somebody Visiting Who Is Driven By A Story May Not Get.

Your Body Is Not A Temple, It's An Amusement Park. Enjoy The Ride.

Without Montreal, Canada Would Be Hopeless.

I'm Not Looking To Freak People Out - Eating Rodents Or Bugs. I Don't Do That Anymore.