Photographing Expresses Human Desire To Preserve Passing

My Writing Is A Combination Of Three Elements. The First Is Travel: Not Travel Like A Tourist, But Travel As Exploration. The Second Is Reading Literature On The Subject. The Third Is Reflection.

Amin Hid Nothing. Everybody Knew Everything. Yet The American Senate Only Introduced A Resolution Breaking Off Trade With Amin Three Months Before His Overthrow.

A Journey, After All, Neither Begins In The Instant We Set Out, Nor Ends When We Have Reached Our Door Step Once Again. It Starts Much Earlier And Is Really Never Over, Because The Film Of Memory Continues Running On Inside Of Us Long After We Have Come To A Physical Standstill. Indeed, There Exists Something Like A Contagion Of Travel, And The Disease Is Essentially Incurable.

A Population Weakened And Exhausted By Battling Against So Many Obstacles - Whose Needs Are Never Satisfied And Desires Never Fulfilled - Is Vulnerable To Manipulation And Regimentation. The Struggle For Survival Is, Above All, An Exercise That Is Hugely Time-consuming, Absorbing And Debilitating. If You Create These ''anti-conditions,'' Your Rule Is Guaranteed For A Hundred Years.

The So-called New Russian Man Is Characterized Mainly By His Complete Exhaustion. You May Find Yourself Wondering If He Has The Strength To Enjoy His New-found Freedom. He Is Like A Long-distance Runner Who, On Reaching The Finishing Line, Is Incapable Even Of Raising His Hands In A Gesture Of Victory.