Paul Theroux
Paul Theroux
Paul Edward Therouxis an American travel writer and novelist, whose best-known work is The Great Railway Bazaar. He has published numerous works of fiction, some of which were adapted as feature films. He was awarded the 1981 James Tait Black Memorial Prize for his novel The Mosquito Coast, which was adapted for the 1986 movie of the same name...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionNovelist
Date of Birth10 April 1941
CountryUnited States of America
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He regarded himself as an accomplished writer — a clear sign of madness in anyone.
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It is usually expensive and lonely to be principled.
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The more you write, the more you're capable of writing.
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Sometimes people read a book in order to not go on a trip. You read a book instead of going on the trip. And so the travel writer is doing the traveling for you.
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Death is an endless night so awful to contemplate that it can make us love life and value it with such passion that it may be the ultimate cause of all joy and all art.
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Travel is only glamorous in retrospect.
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The lust of the eye. The best photographs were, to me, like an experience of drowning.
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Travel is about failure or overcoming obstacles, overcoming failures. When a traveler is having lots of good luck, that is not a happy book. That's a book you say, well, I don't need that. I want a life lesson. I want to find out - I want a journey that reflects my life.
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Tourists who go to Africa have more of a traditional experience than Africans do. A tourist goes on safari; Africans don't.
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Hawaii is not a state of mind, but a state of grace.
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The amount of hassle involved in travel can be overwhelming.
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What I find is that you can do almost anything or go almost anywhere, if you're not in a hurry.
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The measure of civilized behavior is compassion.
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I like the idea of isolation, I like the idea of solitude. You can be connected and have a phone and still be lonely.