Paul Theroux
Paul Theroux
Paul Edward Therouxis an American travel writer and novelist, whose best-known work is The Great Railway Bazaar. He has published numerous works of fiction, some of which were adapted as feature films. He was awarded the 1981 James Tait Black Memorial Prize for his novel The Mosquito Coast, which was adapted for the 1986 movie of the same name...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionNovelist
Date of Birth10 April 1941
CountryUnited States of America
rhinos people chinese
Tibet has a very proud people but it's culturally gone and overrun ever since the Chinese took over. It's like saving the rhino. When a species is endangered, it's gone.
attitude mind states
Travel is an attitude, a state of mind. It is not residence, it is motion.
compassion behavior civilized-behavior
The measure of civilized behavior is compassion.
can-do ifs
What I find is that you can do almost anything or go almost anywhere, if you're not in a hurry.
grace mind hawaii
Hawaii is not a state of mind, but a state of grace.
want emotion reason
No one has ever described the place where I have just arrived: this is the emotion that makes me want to travel. It is one of the greatest reasons to go anywhere.
writing nerves
Writing is pretty crummy on the nerves.
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He regarded himself as an accomplished writer — a clear sign of madness in anyone.
inspirational funny travel
Travel works best when you're forced to come to terms with the place you're in.
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A travel book is a book that puts you in the shoes of the traveler, and it's usually a book about having a very bad time, having a miserable time, even better. You don't want to read a book about someone having a great time in the South of France, eating and drinking and falling in love. What you want to read is a book about a guy going through the jungle, going through the arctic snow, having a terrible time trying to cross the Sahara, and solving problems as they go.
travel kindness hands
Most travel, and certainly the rewarding kind, involves depending on the kindness of strangers, putting yourself into the hands of people you don't know and trusting them with your life.
travel worst magical-places
It is almost axiomatic that the worst trains take you through magical places.
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Travel is about failure or overcoming obstacles, overcoming failures. When a traveler is having lots of good luck, that is not a happy book. That's a book you say, well, I don't need that. I want a life lesson. I want to find out - I want a journey that reflects my life.
travel retrospect glamorous
Travel is only glamorous in retrospect.