Its highest point was The Worst Journey in the World. Then you see this decline, and this harking back, using the 19th-century form when we're not in the 19th century. That way of writing a book about the world out…

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The two important things I did learn were that you are as powerful and strong...

The two important things I did learn were that you are as powerful and strong...

You apply the skills you use to produce your own book to make an anthology....

You apply the skills you use to produce your own book to make an anthology....

I do believe that the genre reached its peak before the First World War.

I do believe that the genre reached its peak before the First World War.

That odd idea that one person can go to a foreign part and in this...

That odd idea that one person can go to a foreign part and in this...

I just don't see myself as a travel writer. I can't. I don't.

I just don't see myself as a travel writer. I can't. I don't.

The genre has moved into this commercial aspect of itself, and ignored this extraordinarily rich...

The genre has moved into this commercial aspect of itself, and ignored this extraordinarily rich...

The two important things I did learn were that you are as powerful and strong...

The two important things I did learn were that you are as powerful and strong...

Risk! Risk anything! Care no more for the opinions of others, for those voices. Do...

Risk! Risk anything! Care no more for the opinions of others, for those voices. Do...

When their adventures do not succeed, however, they run away; but it was the mark...

When their adventures do not succeed, however, they run away; but it was the mark...

I've always taken risks, and never worried what the world might really think of me.

I've always taken risks, and never worried what the world might really think of me.

You must lose a fly to catch a trout

You must lose a fly to catch a trout

Want of foresight, unwillingness to act when action would be simple and effective, lack of...

Want of foresight, unwillingness to act when action would be simple and effective, lack of...

Follow effective action with quiet reflection. From the quiet reflection will come even more effective...

Follow effective action with quiet reflection. From the quiet reflection will come even more effective...

If you're not making mistakes, you're not taking risks, and that means you're not going...

If you're not making mistakes, you're not taking risks, and that means you're not going...

Only those who will risk going too far can possibly find out how far one...

Only those who will risk going too far can possibly find out how far one...

Most people can do extraordinary things if they have the confidence or take the risks....

Most people can do extraordinary things if they have the confidence or take the risks....

We took risks. We knew we took them. Things have come out against us. We...

We took risks. We knew we took them. Things have come out against us. We...

Man cannot discover new oceans unless he has the courage to lose sight of the...

Man cannot discover new oceans unless he has the courage to lose sight of the...

To be alive at all involves some risk.

To be alive at all involves some risk.

Often the difference between a successful person and a failure is not one has better...

Often the difference between a successful person and a failure is not one has better...