Each artist or writer who works in Venice comes to believe that the city yields its most special secret to him or her alone.
Fewer people have successfully solo-circumnavigated the globe than have journeyed into space.
I will definitely attempt to sail around the world again. In fact, I can't wait for the chance to try again.
Being at sea is like watching the whole world in high-definition.
I will never forget the feeling of walking into my home, a place that while drifting helpless in the middle of the Indian Ocean I wondered if I would ever see again.
When I saw the plane, I was absolutely astonished! Two emotions crashed over me: surging joy and crazy fear.
In that moment it dawned on me that everything has to line up perfectly for something to turn out this awful.
Knowledge is only potential power.
You can't run forever. There's only so much pavement that the road makers lay down. After a while, the highway quits going north and it just turns into sky. And you can't go anywhere in the sky unless you have a plane or some kind of rocket.
I think if I weren't so beautiful, maybe, I'd have more character
I'm certainly not fearful.