Doing Quote by Ophelia Lovibond

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…

— Candace Bushnell

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

— Chris Van Allsburg

I love to travel, but when I really want to escape, I read a book.

— Jean Craighead George

I am sort of an adventurer. I like to explore new places. I don't get to travel as often as I would like but…

— Edi Gathegi

Anyone who has read my books will know that I don't tend to use guides when I am travelling. It's not a pride thing,…

— Bill Bryson

A guide book is addressed to those who plan to follow the traveler, doing what he has done, but more selectively. A travel book,…

— Paul Fussell

Every book is a new journey. I never felt I was an expert on a subject as I embarked on a project.

— David McCullough

I still recommend reading travel guides as an insight to a traveller's perspective on fantasy worlds. Nearly all characters end up travelling at some…

— Trudi Canavan

You spend all this time inside, alone, writing. And then it becomes about travel and new places and new people. And I do love…

— Garance Dore

I'm addicted to 'Lonely Planet' guides. Naturally, I'll buy one whenever I take a trip somewhere, but it goes beyond that: I've begun buying…

— Lauren Weisberger

Unlike many travel books I didn't set out to travel with the idea of writing a book in mind.

— Chesa Boudin

Traditional guidebooks have never quite done it for me. Too often, they seem to be aimed at a certain type of comfortable, middle-class traveler.

— Jenna Wortham