My parents probably feel closer to the U.S. They feel America came to our rescue in the war and all that sort of thing. And for their generation the war still goes on. We still save food and little bits… — 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 Image
In both places [Paraguay and Newfoundland] people rise despite everything - both are pretty tough environments. — 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
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
Originally I wanted to be a diplomat, and by attrition I started giving up that idea. — John Gimlette Copy Share Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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