Paul Theroux Quotes & Sayings (Page 10)
Paul Theroux quotes and sayings page 10 (83 year old novelist). Here's quote # 91 through 100 out of the 126 we have for him.
“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.”
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