Travel writers are the last great generalists
Lonely Planet Travel Writing author Don George was intereviewed by World Hum this week. Here’s my favorite outtake:
“When I first realized that I could make a living as a travel writer, one of the things that most appealed to me was that travel writers are in a way the last great generalists. You can write about travel and almost anything that you
April 4th, 2005 at 11:50 pm
Great quote. I agree. The world churns out specialists but not many professions celebrate a holistic worldview these days. Writing, and especially travel writing, is one of the few!