A national crisis, a political convulsion, is an opportunity, a gift to the traveler. Nothing is more revealing of a place to… — Paul Theroux Copy Share Image
I don't look down on tourism. I live in Hawaii where we have 7 million visitors a year. If they weren't there,… — Paul Theroux Copy Share Image
If people are driving you around to look at animals, that's wonderful. That's educational, but it's not necessarily enlightening and you're not… — Paul Theroux Copy Share Image
They say that if the Swiss had designed these mountains they'd be rather flatter. — Paul Theroux Copy Share Image
What I find is that you can do almost anything or go almost anywhere, if you're not in a hurry. — Paul Theroux Copy Share Image
I don't think that it's possible to have a truly rewarding experience in travel if it's simple. — Paul Theroux Copy Share Image
A gun show is about like-minded people who feel as if everything has been taken away from them - jobs, money, pride. — Paul Theroux Copy Share Image
When I'm writing, I like to travel alone. If you really want to find out about a place, you need to be… — Paul Theroux Copy Share Image
I feel as if my mission is to write, to see, to observe, and I feel lazy if I'm not reaching conclusions. I feel… — Paul Theroux Copy Share Image
The larger an English industry was, the more likely it was to go bankrupt, because the English were not naturally corporate people; they disliked… — Paul Theroux Copy Share Image
Maine out of season is unmistakably a great destination: hospitable, good-humored, plenty of elbow room, short days, dark nights of crackling ice crystals. — Paul Theroux Copy Share Image
You can't write about a friend, you can only write about a former friend. — Paul Theroux Copy Share Image
“sightseeing, an activity that delights the truly idle because it seems so much like scholarship, gawping and eavesdropping on antiquity, flattering oneself with the… — Paul Theroux Copy Share Image
Tourists who go to Africa have more of a traditional experience than Africans do. A tourist goes on safari; Africans don't. — Paul Theroux Copy Share Image
In a way, Che Guevara's fate was far worse than Simon Bolivar's. Guevara's collapse was complete: his intentions were forgotten, but his style was… — Paul Theroux Copy Share Image
Pain does not create a long-lasting memory, but the memory of luxury exerts itself for ever. — Paul Theroux Copy Share Image
