Andrew McCarthy

“The best travel is a leap into the unknown.”

“I think we all have a story to tell. And I think we all have a right to tell our story.”

“You have to be willing to be bad at something to get good at it.”

“Writing is a way of processing the world. Acting is a way of escaping it.”

“The 'Brat Pack' was a blessing. It was a defining moment for a generation.”

“Travel is about the gorgeous feeling of teetering in the unknown.”

“I was never comfortable with being a movie star. I never felt like one.”

“Travel is not a reward for working, it's education for living.”

“The great affair, the love affair with life, is to live as variously as possible, to groom one's curiosity like a high-spirited thoroughbred, climb aboard, and never jump off.”

“Fear is the great motivator. I've found that the things I'm most afraid of are the things I've most needed to do.”

“What I've found is that the things that you're most embarrassed about... are the very things that people want to hear.”

“Being alone is a powerful thing. It’s a muscle you have to develop.”

“Fame is a very corrosive thing. It's very easy to get lost in it.”

“I always felt like an outsider, and I was drawn to characters who were outsiders.”

“I find that the more I travel, the more I realize how little I know.”