I would love to write a book that opens people's eyes to the more interesting side. — John Gimlette Copy Share Image
Lawrence Millman is a favorite writer of mine. He did a travels on the trail of the Vikings. — John Gimlette Copy Share Image
I find the public reaction to writing - it's fascinating in this modern age. Of course people are able to interact with… — John Gimlette Copy Share Image
I am always surprised when people do get upset. Perhaps its just the nutty people who write to newspapers who get upset. — John Gimlette Copy Share Image
I was writing the Paraguay book, a Paragauyan told me that only five thousand people in Paraguay read. — John Gimlette Copy Share Image
I have dipped into Ian McEwan and so on. I tend not to stick with one writer. But I dip in here… — John Gimlette Copy Share Image
One does have to learn to travel with a degree of humility and that reflected in writing and personality. — John Gimlette Copy Share Image
American travel writing is very healthy. I'm always flicking through the reviews and I see plenty of travel writing - and an… — John Gimlette Copy Share Image
I feel better off doing what I know how to do. I feel a strong element of fictional style in travel writing… — John Gimlette Copy Share Image
There is a whole genre of funny travel writers - that's very popular. There's Bill Bryson and people who follow that route… — John Gimlette Copy Share Image
I have to be careful not to visit one place right after the other and write one book after the other. Because… — John Gimlette Copy Share Image
I don't therefore know how to write for the big papers. It must be kids - students - and retired people. And… — John Gimlette Copy Share Image
I slightly feel, having written Paraguay and Newfoundland - and both of them have developed eccentricities through isolation - I am quite… — John Gimlette Copy Share Image
I often think I would like to come even closer to home and write about somewhere like Wales, for example - which… — 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 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
