"There is some perverse natural law which makes adversity lead to inspiration. I often wonder why I can't sit in a Paris cafe or a nice Caribbean hotel and feel the travel writing muse. Somehow the lack of running water, the fear of disease and the misery of a straw mat brings us closer to the brink and hence let us feel we are alive."
- Mary Morris "I should of stayed home: The Worst Trips of Great Writers"... full info