I feel as if my mission is to write, to see, to observe, and I feel lazy if I'm not reaching conclusions.… — Paul Theroux Copy Share Image
There are places that I've always wanted to go. First I went to Africa, and when I was there I realized there… — Paul Theroux Copy Share Image
If you look at a map, you see that Hawaii is in the middle of nowhere. It's 17 hours of straight flying… — Paul Theroux Copy Share Image
The place that interests me most, actually, is the United States. I've realized that I haven't traveled much in the States. There's… — Paul Theroux Copy Share Image
I hate vacations. I hate them. I have no fun on them. I get nothing done. People sit and relax, but I… — Paul Theroux Copy Share Image
A place that doesn't welcome tourists, that's really difficult and off the map, is a place I want to see. — Paul Theroux Copy Share Image
I have always felt that the truth is prophetic, and that if you describe precisely what you see and give it life… — Paul Theroux Copy Share Image
There are two worlds: the world of the tourist and the world of everyone else. Often they're side by side. But the… — Paul Theroux Copy Share Image
You leave the States, and you see people have bigger problems than you, much worse problems than you. — Paul Theroux Copy Share Image
People see a hungry face, and they want to feed it; that's a natural response. — 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
