Paul Theroux : (10)

" Gain a modest reputation for being unreliable and you will never be asked to do a thing. " - Paul Theroux

" The idea of traveling in Africa for me is based on going by road or train or bus or whatever and crossing borders. You can’t travel easily or at all through some countries. " - Paul Theroux

" A travel book is a book that puts you in the shoes of the traveler, and it’s usually a book about having a very bad time; having a miserable time, even better. " - Paul Theroux

" My earliest thought, long before I was in high school, was just to go away, get out of my house, get out of my city. I went to Medford High School, but even in grade school and junior high, I fantasized about leaving. " - Paul Theroux

" A travel book is about someone who goes somewhere, travels on the ground, sees something and spends quite a lot of time doing it, and has a hard time, and then comes back and writes about it. It’s not about inventing. " - Paul Theroux

" I think I understand passion. Love is something else. " - Paul Theroux

" If you’re a misanthrope you stay at home. There are certain writers who really don’t like other people. I’m not like that, I don’t think. " - Paul Theroux

" I know there are writers who feel unhappy with domesticity and who even manufacture domestic turmoil in order to have something to write about. With me, though, the happier I feel, the better I write. " - Paul Theroux

" People see a hungry face, and they want to feed it; that’s a natural response. " - Paul Theroux

" Travel magazines are just one cupcake after another. They’re not about travel. The travel magazine is, in fact, about the opposite of travel. It’s about having a nice time on a honeymoon, or whatever. " - Paul Theroux