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Famous Paul Theroux Quotes
“Gain a modest reputation for being unreliable and you will never be asked to do a thing.”
“Tourists don't know where they've been, travelers don't know where they're going.”
“I cannot make my days longer so I strive to make them better.”
“The Australian Book of Etiquette is a very slim volume.”
“The Japanese have perfected good manners and made them indistinguishable from rudeness.”
“A novel captures essence that is not possible in any other form.”
“Although I'm not fluent in sign language by a long way, I could have a fairly decent conversation.”
“I think that love isn't what you think it is when you're in your twenties or even thirties.”
“I'm constantly running across people who have never heard of books I think they should read.”
“People who don't read books a lot are threatened by books.”
“The amount of hassle involved in travel can be overwhelming.”
“The Peace Corps is a sort of Howard Johnson's on the main drag into maturity.”
“When I went to Hong Kong, I knew at once I wanted to write a story set there.”
“You can't write about a friend, you can only write about a former friend.”
“travel [is] flight and pursuit in equal parts.”
“You go away for a long time and return a different person - you never come all the way back.”