Peter Straub Quotes

My first time coming over to North America was to New York around Christmastime when I was 7. My mom was a flight attendant, and she got put on to the Trans-Atlantic route over Christmastime, so she brought the whole family.

For twenty years, not a week went by when I wasn't on a plane.

There are months when I'm on a plane every day!

I have so many miles and I've been flying for so long that every time I fly, it's first class. It's one of those things that, if I needed to jump on a plane, and fly to Spain tomorrow, I know I could get it done. Just like that.

My father was an airline pilot, so we travelled more spontaneously than a lot of families. On a Thursday, we could decide to go somewhere like Barbados the next day for a long weekend.

I like flying to New York from London. It's like a day off for me. No phone or e-mails. Food, wine, iPod, movies, snoozing.

I associate going to an airport with work because I travel so much with my job. So when I have a few days free from work, I tend to stay at home.

The only thing I like about air travel is it gives me time to read.

I'm one of those people at the airport holding a pillow like a little kid.

I flew on Air Force Two for eight years, and now I have to take off my shoes to get on an aeroplane.

If anyone wonders why the airlines are not doing well it is because flying has been made such an unpleasant and degrading experience.

Whenever we were on a plane, we had a family.

I enjoy travel very much. I've taken the kids to Europe when there were just the two boys.

I was walking along somewhere in the Maldives and there were West Ham fans there. It's crazy.

I literally live on American Airlines' 737 commercial airplane.

I'm a keen traveller, and I'm a nerd with planes and airports.

People don't really look forward to flying that much. It's like they want to get to the place, but they don't look forward to the experience.

Often, I do translatlantic overnight flights from New York, and when I land, I have to do my eyes - I feel weird without it.

I think flying is kind of an emotional experience.

When I was 11 I went to New York with my mum, dad and sister. I felt like I was on a movie set the whole time and loved being over there on Independence Day.

I travel on 150 flights a year; I am everywhere.

I was so scared the first time I flew the flight attendant called me Whitey.

When I go to the U.S., the flights are long, and they do affect the body clock, but they are worth it.

We are constantly traveling from one place to another, dealing with hotels, time zones, jet lag and all those things.