--- title: "15 Travel Book Quotes by 11 authors" description: "Browse 15 Travel Book quotes by 11 authors. Discover the best Travel Book sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b1f/ari-shaffir-10432_book_i-want-to-do-a-travel-book-898181_898181.jpg" --- > [I want to do a travel book.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ari-shaffir/i-want-to-do-a-travel-book/) [Ari Shaffir](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ari-shaffir/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b1f/ari-shaffir-10432_book_i-want-to-do-a-travel-book-898181_898181.jpg) > [I always travel with one book. I'll read it and then leave it for someone else, and take another book.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/patrick-j-adams/i-always-travel-with-one-book-i-ll-read-it-and-then-leave-it-for/) [Patrick J. Adams](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/patrick-j-adams/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/34d/patrick-j-adams-14846_always_i-always-travel-with-one-book-i-ll-read_551417.jpg) > [It's kind of amazing that people will travel because of a book. I admire that.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frances-mayes/it-s-kind-of-amazing-that-people-will-travel-because-of-a-book-i/) [Frances Mayes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/frances-mayes/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/91e/frances-mayes-7779_admire_it-s-kind-of-amazing-that-people-will-tr_2156951.png) > [The first book I did - the first successful book - was a kind of a travel book, and publishers in Britain…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bill-bryson/the-first-book-i-did-the-first-successful-book-was-a-kind-of-a-travel/) [Bill Bryson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bill-bryson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/288/bill-bryson-340_book_the-first-book-i-did-the-first-successfu_1514706.png) > [Luckily, I always travel with a book, just in case I have to wait on line for Santa, or some such inconvenience.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-levithan/luckily-i-always-travel-with-a-book-just-in-case-i-have-to-wait-on/) [David Levithan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-levithan/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7f4/david-levithan-67_book_luckily-i-always-travel-with-a-book-just_2124663.jpg) > [I suppose anyone who has ever written a travel book has had the experience of being accosted by a reader with blood…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ilka-chase/i-suppose-anyone-who-has-ever-written-a-travel-book-has-had-the/) [Ilka Chase](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ilka-chase/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/76b/ilka-chase-15976_blood_i-suppose-anyone-who-has-ever-written-a_72186.png) > [A travel book is a book that puts you in the shoes of the traveler, and it's usually a book about having…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-theroux/a-travel-book-is-a-book-that-puts-you-in-the-shoes-of-the-traveler-2/) [Paul Theroux](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-theroux/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/155/paul-theroux-913_about_a-travel-book-is-a-book-that-puts-you-in_1890324.jpg) > [A guide book is addressed to those who plan to follow the traveler, doing what he has done, but more selectively. A…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-fussell/a-guide-book-is-addressed-to-those-who-plan-to-follow-the-traveler/) [Paul Fussell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-fussell/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/710/paul-fussell-12359_anomalies_a-guide-book-is-addressed-to-those-who-p_2908080.jpg) > [Travel books are all sorts - some are autobiographies, some are about falling in love. Some are about having great meals, some…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-theroux/travel-books-are-all-sorts-some-are-autobiographies-some-are-about/) [Paul Theroux](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-theroux/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8e0/paul-theroux-913_autobiography_travel-books-are-all-sorts-some-are-auto_560153.jpg) > [Life, as the most ancient of all metaphors insists, is a journey; and the travel book, in its deceptive simulation of the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jonathan-raban/life-as-the-most-ancient-of-all-metaphors-insists-is-a-journey-and/) [Jonathan Raban](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jonathan-raban/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/52f/jonathan-raban-11981_ancient_life-as-the-most-ancient-of-all-metaphor_163439.jpg) > [A travel book is about someone who goes somewhere, travels on the ground, sees something and spends quite a lot of time…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-theroux/a-travel-book-is-about-someone-who-goes-somewhere-travels-on-the/) [Paul Theroux](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-theroux/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/692/paul-theroux-913_book_a-travel-book-is-about-someone-who-goes_2761679.jpg) > [What draws me in is that a trip is a leap in the dark. It's like a metaphor for life. You set…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-theroux/what-draws-me-in-is-that-a-trip-is-a-leap-in-the-dark-it-s-like-a/) [Paul Theroux](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-theroux/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f13/paul-theroux-913_book_what-draws-me-in-is-that-a-trip-is-a-lea_3038129.jpg) > [A travel book is a book that puts you in the shoes of the traveler, and it's usually a book about having…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-theroux/a-travel-book-is-a-book-that-puts-you-in-the-shoes-of-the-traveler/) [Paul Theroux](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-theroux/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9ea/paul-theroux-913_arctic_a-travel-book-is-a-book-that-puts-you-in_934785.jpg) > [“From Unlikely Destinations: The Lonely Planet Story, re: the travel book boom of the 1970s Surprisingly, none of the new developments in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tony-wheeler/from-unlikely-destinations-the-lonely-planet-story-re-the-travel-book/) [Tony Wheeler](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tony-wheeler/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/870/tony-wheeler-53696_books_from-unlikely-destinations-the-lonely-pl_146769.jpg) > [“One of the first books of travel, giving European readers some insight into the unfamiliar world of the Orient, was published in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ronald-carter/one-of-the-first-books-of-travel-giving-european-readers-some-insight/) [Ronald Carter](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ronald-carter/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/938/ronald-carter-13636_books_one-of-the-first-books-of-travel-giving_398682.jpg) ## Top authors on Travel Book - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b019/author-paul-theroux-74195.jpg) Paul Theroux 5 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/travel-book/paul-theroux/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/travel-book/#itemlist", "name": "Travel Book Quotes", "numberOfItems": 15, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "I want to do a travel book.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Ari Shaffir" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ari-shaffir/i-want-to-do-a-travel-book/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b1f/ari-shaffir-10432_book_i-want-to-do-a-travel-book-898181_898181.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b1f/ari-shaffir-10432_book_i-want-to-do-a-travel-book-898181_898181.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b1f/ari-shaffir-10432_book_i-want-to-do-a-travel-book-898181_898181.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“I want to do a travel book.” — Ari Shaffir", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "I always travel with one book. 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It's like a metaphor for life. You set off from home, and in the classic travel book, you go to an unknown place. You discover a different world, and you discover yourself.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Paul Theroux" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-theroux/what-draws-me-in-is-that-a-trip-is-a-leap-in-the-dark-it-s-like-a/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f13/paul-theroux-913_book_what-draws-me-in-is-that-a-trip-is-a-lea_3038129.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f13/paul-theroux-913_book_what-draws-me-in-is-that-a-trip-is-a-lea_3038129.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f13/paul-theroux-913_book_what-draws-me-in-is-that-a-trip-is-a-lea_3038129.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“What draws me in is that a trip is a leap in the dark. It's like a metaphor for life. You set off from home…” — Paul Theroux", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 13, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "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. You don't want to read a book about someone having a great time in the South of France, eating and drinking and falling in love. 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The changes in the air seemed to completely bypass them and when they did wake up to the upsurge in growth it was too late -- they'd been overtaken. Much the same happened a decade later with computer books. Just as the travel book explosion was led by travelers who got into publishing rather than publishers getting into travel, so the computer book explosion was led by computer geeks getting into publishing. 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