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American
-
Novelist
Born:
April 10
, 1941
Winter is a season of recovery and preparation.
Paul Theroux
Winter
,
Preparation
,
Recovery
,
Season
I am happy being what I am.
Paul Theroux
I Am
,
Happy
,
I Am Happy
,
Being
,
Am
The moment that changed me for ever was the moment my first child was born. I was happy, filled with hope, and thought, 'Now I understand the whole point of work, of life, of love.'
Paul Theroux
Life
,
Love
,
Work
,
Hope
,
Moment
,
Happy
I like the idea of isolation, I like the idea of solitude. You can be connected and have a phone and still be lonely.
Paul Theroux
Solitude
,
You
,
Lonely
,
Phone
,
Isolation
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
Time
,
Travel
,
Nice
,
Honeymoon
,
Whatever
Hawaii is not a state of mind, but a state of grace.
Paul Theroux
Mind
,
Grace
,
Hawaii
,
State
I believe I have a sunny disposition, and am not naturally a grouch. It takes a lot of optimism, after all, to be a traveler.
Paul Theroux
Believe
,
Optimism
,
Sunny
,
I Believe
,
Lot
I cannot make my days longer so I strive to make them better.
Paul Theroux
Better
,
Days
,
Strive
,
Make
,
Cannot
,
Them
I'm not pessimistic about Africa. The cities just seem big and hopeless. But there's still a great green heart where there's possibility. There's hope in the wilderness.
Paul Theroux
Heart
,
Hope
,
Great
,
Green
,
Wilderness
The travel impulse is mental and physical curiosity. It's a passion. And I can't understand people who don't want to travel.
Paul Theroux
Passion
,
Travel
,
Curiosity
,
People
,
Want
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The pleasure a reader gets is often equal to the pleasure a writer is given.
Paul Theroux
Pleasure
,
Equal
,
Writer
,
Often
,
Gets
Maine is a joy in the summer. But the soul of Maine is more apparent in the winter.
Paul Theroux
Winter
,
Soul
,
Joy
,
Summer
,
More
,
Maine
What draws me in is that a trip is a leap in the dark. It's like a metaphor for life. You set off from home, and in the classic travel book, you go to an unknown place. You discover a different world, and you discover yourself.
Paul Theroux
Life
,
Home
,
Yourself
,
Travel
,
Me
,
World
There are two worlds: the world of the tourist and the world of everyone else. Often they're side by side. But the tourist doesn't actually see how people live.
Paul Theroux
Live
,
People
,
World
,
See
,
Everyone
,
Side
I grew up in an era of thinking of travel as escape. The idea that you could conceivably have a new life, go somewhere, fall in love, have little children under the palm trees.
Paul Theroux
Life
,
Love
,
Children
,
Travel
,
Thinking
When I went to Hong Kong, I knew at once I wanted to write a story set there.
Paul Theroux
Story
,
Hong Kong
,
Write
,
Once
,
Wanted
Tourists don't know where they've been, travelers don't know where they're going.
Paul Theroux
Travel
,
Know
,
Going
,
Where
,
Been
Gain a modest reputation for being unreliable and you will never be asked to do a thing.
Paul Theroux
You
,
Reputation
,
Never
,
Will
,
Gain
There are probably more annoying things than being hectored about African development by a wealthy Irish rock star in a cowboy hat, but I can't think of one at the moment.
Paul Theroux
Moment
,
Think
,
Hat
,
Rock
,
Development
Friendship is also about liking a person for their failings, their weakness. It's also about mutual help, not about exploitation.
Paul Theroux
Friendship
,
Weakness
,
Help
,
Person
,
Also
The United States is a world unto itself. We have mountains, we have deserts, we have a river that equals the Yangtze River, that equals the Nile. We have the greatest cities in the world - among the greatest cities in the world.
Paul Theroux
River
,
Mountains
,
World
,
Greatest
,
Nile
Extensive traveling induces a feeling of encapsulation, and travel, so broadening at first, contracts the mind.
Paul Theroux
Travel
,
Mind
,
Feeling
,
First
,
Contracts
It is usually expensive and lonely to be principled.
Paul Theroux
Lonely
,
Expensive
,
Principled
I have always felt that the truth is prophetic, and that if you describe precisely what you see and give it life with your imagination, then what you write ought to have lasting value, no matter what the mood of your prose.
Paul Theroux
Life
,
Truth
,
Imagination
,
Value
,
You
I think I understand passion. Love is something else.
Paul Theroux
Love
,
Love Is
,
Passion
,
Think
,
Something
Travel is glamorous only in retrospect.
Paul Theroux
Travel
,
Only
,
Glamorous
,
Retrospect
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