Paul Theroux Quotes & Sayings (Page 10)

“The people I've known who've done great things of that type - you know, building hospitals, running schools - are very humble people. They give their lives to the project.”

“A gun show is about like-minded people who feel as if everything has been taken away from them - jobs, money, pride.”

“A novel captures essence that is not possible in any other form.”

“The Peace Corps is a sort of Howard Johnson's on the main drag into maturity.”

“You can't write about a friend, you can only write about a former friend.”

“I loathe blogs when I look at them. Blogs look, to me, illiterate. They look hasty, like someone babbling.”

“People see a hungry face, and they want to feed it; that's a natural response.”

“People talk about the pain of writing, but very few people talk about the pleasure and satisfaction.”

“People who don't read books a lot are threatened by books.”

“The place that interests me most, actually, is the United States. I've realized that I haven't traveled much in the States. There's a lot to see.”