People my age and younger do think much more towards Europe. We have to fill the gap sometime - we can't think… — John Gimlette Age Copy Share Image
My parents probably feel closer to the U.S. They feel America came to our rescue in the war and all that sort… — John Gimlette America Copy Share Image
I have real fears for Cuba based on the South American experience. Where you have had such a stern regime, as Fidel's… — John Gimlette Copy Share Image
It never stops me from saying what I want to say about Ethiopia, the fact that a tour company is paid for… — John Gimlette Book 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 America Copy Share Image
If you see our best seller list, most of them are books that are given as gifts. They are books you give… — John Gimlette Copy Share Image
India, to some extent, courses through my blood. My father was brought up there, and my grandfather served there, and so on.… — John Gimlette Affinity 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 America Copy Share Image
I have a nice little idea from some people I met there who are now in their seventies, and I want to… — John Gimlette Cuban 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 Book Copy Share Image
When McDonald's opened up in Moscow - I happened to be there when it opened and wandered in. And the Russians were… — John Gimlette Copy Share Image
I'll always love Paraguay. It's this most exotic place configured out of the imagination, the whole country.Paraguay will always be a special… — 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
Argentina is really in a different category because they butchered all their Indian or indigenous people in the war of the desert… — John Gimlette Argentina Copy Share Image
I am sure you have met diplomats; they probably travel far less than you do. Okay, they get to know a place… — John Gimlette Copy Share Image
The noise that we can expect in the future will only increase and we'll be wishing for rural Portugal or something like… — John Gimlette Copy Share Image
Diplomacy was what I wanted to do. From really quite an early age and I think I had a false impression that… — John Gimlette Age 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
That's more about lifestyle [Peter Mayles], living abroad. It's about buying a donkey and house in south France, and that's a slightly… — John Gimlette Buying 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 Demand 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