I was talking to my publisher in Britain and was told here we are - we are sixty million people and we… — John Gimlette Copy Share Image
In Western Civilization - America and Britain - if you see people talking and it becomes an argument and voices are raised,… — John Gimlette Copy Share Image
There are 60 million of us [britains] crammed into an area the size of a state. So you don't have that feeling… — John Gimlette Copy Share Image
There is a very big difference between American and British travel journalism, and that's this whole business of the assisted or freebie… — John Gimlette Copy Share Image
I don't want to pay good money to hear ordinary people's lunatic views. Most of the people who phone in are [lunatics]… — John Gimlette Copy Share Image
Radio is very popular [in Britain], but it doesn't connect us in the same way. It seems to have this community function. — John Gimlette Copy Share Image
I wonder if this reason is partly geographical, that talk radio is so much more successful in North America than in Britain?… — John Gimlette Copy Share Image
I was talking to my publisher in Britain and was told here we are - we are sixty million people and we reckon only… — John Gimlette Copy Share
In both places [Paraguay and Newfoundland] people rise despite everything - both are pretty tough environments. — John Gimlette Copy Share
Lawrence Millman is a favorite writer of mine. He did a travels on the trail of the Vikings. — John Gimlette Copy Share
American travel writing is very healthy. I'm always flicking through the reviews and I see plenty of travel writing - and an impressive line… — John Gimlette Copy Share
What's fascinating is where they come from in the world. People in Bangladesh, a chap in a fire-base in Tikrit in Iraq. Chap in… — John Gimlette Copy Share
The United Nations was the thing I wanted to work for. Like the United Nations Commission for Refugees is what I was interested in.… — John Gimlette Copy Share
When McDonald's opened up in Moscow - I happened to be there when it opened and wandered in. And the Russians were queuing three… — John Gimlette Copy Share
People my age and younger do think much more towards Europe. We have to fill the gap sometime - we can't think we are… — John Gimlette Copy Share
I slightly feel, having written Paraguay and Newfoundland - and both of them have developed eccentricities through isolation - I am quite relieved to… — John Gimlette Copy Share
Paraguayans have no Italian blood and are half Guarani [Indian] blood. And the Chileans call themselves "the English of South America," which actually couldn't… — John Gimlette Copy Share
I am sure you have met diplomats; they probably travel far less than you do. Okay, they get to know a place very intensely… — John Gimlette Copy Share
Originally I wanted to be a diplomat, and by attrition I started giving up that idea. — John Gimlette Copy Share
I wouldn't like to see Cuba change in other ways. And the trouble is when Fidel [Castro] does go - I am sure he… — John Gimlette Copy Share
I don't therefore know how to write for the big papers. It must be kids - students - and retired people. And the reality… — John Gimlette Copy Share
It is a gift, and you realize as soon as you cross the border into Paraguay, as I did, the first time in '82,… — John Gimlette Copy Share
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