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Film writer

Paul Theroux, born on April 10, 1941, is a renowned film writer from the United States. Theroux is known for his distinctive style of storytelling, which often delves into profound life philosophies and social issues.

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Famous Paul Theroux Quotes

“I sought trains; I found passengers.”

Found Train Passengers

Book:The Great Railway Bazaar

Source: The Great Railway Bazaar

“Anything is possible on a train: a great meal, a binge, a visit from card players, an intrigue, a good night's sleep, and strangers' monologues framed like Russian short stories.”

Stories Night Sleep Player Train Stranger Cards Meals Short Story Intrigue Good Night Anything Is Possible Framed Monologues Binge

Book:The Great Railway Bazaar

Source: The Great Railway Bazaar

“So far I had been travelling alone with my handbook and my Western Railway timetable: I was happiest finding my own way and did not require a liaison man. It had been my intention to stay on the train, without bothering about arriving anywhere: sight-seeing was a way of passing the time, but, as I had concluded in Istanbul, it was an activity very largely based on imaginative invention, like rehearsing your own play in stage sets from which all the actors had fled.”

Source: The great railway bazaar: by train through Asia

“It's not fashionable but I like to spit out of the window of a moving train.”

Moving Window Train Fashionable Spit

Author:Paul Theroux

“Ever since childhood, when I lived within earshot of the Boston and Maine, I have seldom heard a train go by and not wished I was on it.”

Heard Childhood Train Boston Maine

Book:The Great Railway Bazaar

Source: The Great Railway Bazaar

“It is almost axiomatic that the worst trains take you through magical places.”

Worst Travel Train Magical Places

Author:Paul Theroux

“The conversation, like many others I had with people on trains, derived an easy candour from the shared journey, the comfort of the dining car, and the certain knowledge that neither of us would see each other again.”

People Certain Easy Journey Car Comfort Conversation Train Dining Certain Knowledge Candour

Author:Paul Theroux

“The Colombians are good-tempered people. They are used to waiting for buses that are late, used to riding buses and trains that do not arrive.”

People Used Waiting Late Patience Train Bus Riding

Book:The Old Patagonian Express: By Train Through the Americas

Source: The Old Patagonian Express: By Train Through the Americas

“Truly, the worst trains take one across the best landscapes.”

Worst Travel Train Landscape

Book:The Old Patagonian Express: By Train Through the Americas

Source: The Old Patagonian Express: By Train Through the Americas

About the Author

Born: April 10, 1941
Known for: Film writer
Quotes: 209

Books & Sources

The Old Patagonian Express: By Train Through the AmericasRelated source material

The Great Railway BazaarRelated source material

Dark Star Safari: Overland from Cairo to Cape TownRelated source material

The Tao of Travel: Enlightenments from Lives on the RoadRelated source material

Sunrise with SeamonstersRelated source material

The Happy Isles of Oceania: Paddling the PacificRelated source material

Ghost train to the eastern star: on the tracks of the Great Railway BazaarRelated source material

Riding the Iron Rooster: By Train Through ChinaRelated source material

The Kingdom by the Sea: A Journey Around the Coast of Great BritainRelated source material

The Last Train to Zona Verde: My Ultimate African SafariRelated source material

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