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Paul Theroux Quotes

Paul Theroux quotes

American Novelist April 10, 1941

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Paul Theroux quote: "Extensive traveling induces a feeling of encapsulation, and..."
Extensive traveling induces a feeling of encapsulation, and travel, so broadening at first, contracts the mind. Paul Theroux
When I was in the Peace Corps I never made a phone call. I was in Central Africa; I didn't make a phone call for two years. I was in Uganda for another four years and I didn't make a phone call. So for six years I didn't make a phone call, but I wrote letters, I wrote short stories, I wrote books. Paul Theroux
Paul Theroux quote: "In countries where all the crooked politicians wear pinstriped..."
In countries where all the crooked politicians wear pinstriped suits, the best people are bare-assed. Paul Theroux
Paul Theroux quote: "travel [is] flight and pursuit in equal parts."
travel [is] flight and pursuit in equal parts. Paul Theroux
You define a good flight by negatives: you didn't get hijacked, you didn't crash, you didn't throw up, you weren't late, you weren't nauseated by the food. So you are grateful. Paul Theroux
Paul Theroux quote: "The amount of hassle involved in travel can be overwhelming."
The amount of hassle involved in travel can be overwhelming. Paul Theroux
Paul Theroux quote: "Tourists don't know where they've been, travelers don't know..."
Tourists don't know where they've been, travelers don't know where they're going. Paul Theroux
Paul Theroux quote: "Travel is glamorous only in retrospect."
Travel is glamorous only in retrospect. Paul Theroux
When I write about my childhood I think, oh my God, how did I ever get from there to here? Not that any great thing has happened to me. But I felt so tiny, so lost. Paul Theroux
When I started writing, I did have some idealised notion of my dad as a writer. But I have less and less of a literary rivalry with him as I've gone on. I certainly don't feel I need his approval, although maybe that's because I'm confident that I've got it. Paul Theroux
I don't think I've ever seen a person having a serious conversation on a cellphone. It's like a kiddie thing, a complete time waster. Paul Theroux
Paul Theroux quote: "I'm constantly running across people who have never heard of..."
I'm constantly running across people who have never heard of books I think they should read. Paul Theroux
Paul Theroux quote: "The Japanese have perfected good manners and made them..."
The Japanese have perfected good manners and made them indistinguishable from rudeness. Paul Theroux
Paul Theroux quote: "But art should require no instrument but memory."
But art should require no instrument but memory. Paul Theroux
Fiction writing, and the reading of it, and book buying, have always been the activities of a tiny minority of people, even in the most-literate societies. Paul Theroux

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