“I am not a great cook, I am not a great artist, but I love art, and I love food, so I am the perfect traveller.”

“One of the most important days of my life was when I learned to ride a bicycle.”

“I think you learn a lot about a country from its art. To me, it's part of the drama of life. It teaches you that there are places, moments and incidents in other cultures that genuinely have a life of their own.”

“The trouble with travelling back later on is that you can never repeat the same experience.”

“I am not a great cook, I am not a great artist, but I love art, and I love food, so I am the perfect traveller.”

“Fame changes everything. When you're well-known, you're expected to be different. Some people assume you must have a yacht and four homes. Or that you're famous because you are 'A Decent Man'.”

“Armageddon is not around the corner. This is only what the people of violence want us to believe. The complexity and diversity of the world is the hope for the future.”

“Once the travel bug bites there is no known antidote, and I know that I shall be happily infected until the end of my life”

“Michael Palin decided to give up on his considerable comedy talents to make those dreadfully tedious travel shows. Have you ever tried to watch one?”

“Michael Palin : "I am sorry to interrupt you there Dennis, but he's crossed it out. Thomas Hardy here on the first day of his new novel has crossed out the only word he has written so far and he is gazing off into space. Ohh! Oh dear he's signed his name again."Graham Chapman: "It looks like Tess of the D'Urbervilles all over again."- Matching Tie and Handkerchief, "Novel Writing”

“Night falls over Machu Picchu to the sound of Abba's 'Dancing Queen'.”