--- title: "19 Way Quotes By Paul Theroux" description: "19 Way quotes by Paul Theroux. Plus more from Paul Theroux and more Way sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/913/paul-theroux-913_great-travel_the-grand-tour-is-just-the-inspired-man_2632912.jpg" --- > [... the grand tour is just the inspired man's way of heading home.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-theroux/the-grand-tour-is-just-the-inspired-man-s-way-of-heading-home/) [Paul Theroux](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-theroux/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/913/paul-theroux-913_great-travel_the-grand-tour-is-just-the-inspired-man_2632912.jpg) > [There's always a way if you're not in a hurry.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-theroux/there-s-always-a-way-if-you-re-not-in-a-hurry/) [Paul Theroux](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-theroux/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/df6/paul-theroux-913_hurry_there-s-always-a-way-if-you-re-not-in-a_1167595.jpg) > [There is no faster way of destroying a man, or mocking his ideas, than making him fashionable.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-theroux/there-is-no-faster-way-of-destroying-a-man-or-mocking-his-ideas-than/) [Paul Theroux](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-theroux/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1a7/paul-theroux-913_destroying_there-is-no-faster-way-of-destroying-a-m_708833.jpg) > [ Going slowly \[...\] was the best way of being reminded that there is a relationship between Here and There, and that travel… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-theroux/going-slowly-was-the-best-way-of-being-reminded-that-there-is-a/) [Paul Theroux](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-theroux/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/51d/paul-theroux-913_memorable_going-slowly-was-the-best-way-of-being-r_2149198.jpg) > [You go away for a long time and return a different person - you never come all the way back.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-theroux/you-go-away-for-a-long-time-and-return-a-different-person-you-never/) [Paul Theroux](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-theroux/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2cf/paul-theroux-913_different_you-go-away-for-a-long-time-and-return-a_650471.jpg) > [Cooking requires confident guesswork and improvisation-- experimentation and substitution, dealing with failure and uncertainty in a creative way](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-theroux/cooking-requires-confident-guesswork-and-improvisation/) [Paul Theroux](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-theroux/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e80/paul-theroux-913_confidence_cooking-requires-confident-guesswork-and_959854.jpg) > [You think of travellers as bold, but our guilty secret is that travel is one of the laziest ways on earth of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-theroux/you-think-of-travellers-as-bold-but-our-guilty-secret-is-that-travel/) [Paul Theroux](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-theroux/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/275/paul-theroux-913_earth_you-think-of-travellers-as-bold-but-our_1684386.jpg) > [Although I'm not fluent in sign language by a long way, I could have a fairly decent conversation.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-theroux/although-i-m-not-fluent-in-sign-language-by-a-long-way-i-could-have-a/) [Paul Theroux](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-theroux/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7c4/paul-theroux-913_communication_although-i-m-not-fluent-in-sign-language_2617753.jpg) > [Everything is fiction. You only have your own life to work with in the way that a biographer only has the letters…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-theroux/everything-is-fiction-you-only-have-your-own-life-to-work-with-in-the/) [Paul Theroux](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-theroux/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d51/paul-theroux-913_everything_everything-is-fiction-you-only-have-your_1573800.jpg) > [I think there is only one way to write fiction - alone, in a room, without interruption or any distraction.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-theroux/i-think-there-is-only-one-way-to-write-fiction-alone-in-a-room/) [Paul Theroux](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-theroux/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c30/paul-theroux-913_alone_i-think-there-is-only-one-way-to-write-f_2964945.jpg) > [Reading alters the appearance of a book. Once it has been read, it never looks the same again, and people leave their…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-theroux/reading-alters-the-appearance-of-a-book-once-it-has-been-read-it/) [Paul Theroux](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-theroux/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e6e/paul-theroux-913_appearance_reading-alters-the-appearance-of-a-book_3152701.jpg) > [Painters paint outdoors, or in rooms full of people; they paint their lovers, alone, naked; they paint and eat; they paint and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-theroux/painters-paint-outdoors-or-in-rooms-full-of-people-they-paint-their/) [Paul Theroux](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-theroux/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/65f/paul-theroux-913_artist_painters-paint-outdoors-or-in-rooms-full_423544.jpg) > [A journey awakens all our old fears of danger and risk. Your life is on the line. You are living by your…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-theroux/a-journey-awakens-all-our-old-fears-of-danger-and-risk-your-life-is/) [Paul Theroux](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-theroux/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/414/paul-theroux-913_awakens_a-journey-awakens-all-our-old-fears-of-d_2033887.jpg) > [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-theroux/in-a-way-che-guevara-s-fate-was-far-worse-than-simon-bolivar-s/) [Paul Theroux](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-theroux/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6e5/paul-theroux-913_clothes_in-a-way-che-guevara-s-fate-was-far-wors_82160.jpg) > [Connection" is the triumphal cry these days. Connection has made people arrogant, impatient, hasty, and presumptuous. ...I don't doubt that instant communication…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-theroux/connection-is-the-triumphal-cry-these-days-connection-has-made-people/) [Paul Theroux](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-theroux/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ff5/paul-theroux-913_arrogant_connection-is-the-triumphal-cry-these-da_190741.jpg) > [So far I had been travelling alone with my handbook and my Western Railway timetable: I was happiest finding my own way…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-theroux/so-far-i-had-been-travelling-alone-with-my-handbook-and-my-western/) [Paul Theroux](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-theroux/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b86/paul-theroux-913_activity_so-far-i-had-been-travelling-alone-with_418006.jpg) > [I think I am typical in believing that the Peace Corps trained us brilliantly and then did little more except send us…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-theroux/i-think-i-am-typical-in-believing-that-the-peace-corps-trained-us/) [Paul Theroux](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-theroux/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/50a/paul-theroux-913_am_i-think-i-am-typical-in-believing-that-t_1669044.jpg) > [All travel is circular. I had been jerked through Asia, making a parabola on one of the planet's hemispheres. After all, the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-theroux/all-travel-is-circular-i-had-been-jerked-through-asia-making-a/) [Paul Theroux](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-theroux/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ea4/paul-theroux-913_asia_all-travel-is-circular-i-had-been-jerked_1419767.jpg) > [One of the pleasures of reading is seeing this alteration on the pages, and the way, by reading it, you have made…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-theroux/one-of-the-pleasures-of-reading-is-seeing-this-alteration-on-the/) [Paul Theroux](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-theroux/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6cb/paul-theroux-913_alteration_one-of-the-pleasures-of-reading-is-seein_562797.jpg) ## Other authors on Way ## More by Paul Theroux > [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-theroux/i-feel-as-if-my-mission-is-to-write-to-see-to-observe-and-i-feel-lazy/) [Paul Theroux](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-theroux/) > [The larger an English industry was, the more likely it was to go bankrupt, because the English were not naturally corporate people; they disliked…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-theroux/the-larger-an-english-industry-was-the-more-likely-it-was-to-go/) [Paul Theroux](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-theroux/) > [Maine out of season is unmistakably a great destination: hospitable, good-humored, plenty of elbow room, short days, dark nights of crackling ice crystals.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-theroux/maine-out-of-season-is-unmistakably-a-great-destination-hospitable/) [Paul Theroux](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-theroux/) > [You can't write about a friend, you can only write about a former friend.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-theroux/you-can-t-write-about-a-friend-you-can-only-write-about-a-former/) [Paul Theroux](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-theroux/) > [“sightseeing, an activity that delights the truly idle because it seems so much like scholarship, gawping and eavesdropping on antiquity, flattering oneself with the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-theroux/sightseeing-an-activity-that-delights-the-truly-idle-because-it-seems/) [Paul Theroux](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-theroux/) > [The Australian Book of Etiquette is a very slim volume.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-theroux/the-australian-book-of-etiquette-is-a-very-slim-volume/) [Paul Theroux](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-theroux/) > [Tourists who go to Africa have more of a traditional experience than Africans do. A tourist goes on safari; Africans don't.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-theroux/tourists-who-go-to-africa-have-more-of-a-traditional-experience-than/) [Paul Theroux](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-theroux/) > [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-theroux/in-a-way-che-guevara-s-fate-was-far-worse-than-simon-bolivar-s/) [Paul Theroux](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-theroux/) > [It is the simplest fact of Indian life: there are too many Indians.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-theroux/it-is-the-simplest-fact-of-indian-life-there-are-too-many-indians/) [Paul Theroux](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-theroux/) > [Pain does not create a long-lasting memory, but the memory of luxury exerts itself for ever.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-theroux/pain-does-not-create-a-long-lasting-memory-but-the-memory-of-luxury/) [Paul Theroux](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-theroux/) > [When I began to make some money, I really wanted to have a home.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-theroux/when-i-began-to-make-some-money-i-really-wanted-to-have-a-home/) [Paul Theroux](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-theroux/) > [Men in their late 50s often make very bad decisions.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-theroux/men-in-their-late-50s-often-make-very-bad-decisions/) [Paul Theroux](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-theroux/) > [The wish to disappear sends many travelers away. If you are thoroughly sick of being kept waiting at home or at work, travel is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-theroux/the-wish-to-disappear-sends-many-travelers-away-if-you-are-thoroughly/) [Paul Theroux](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-theroux/) > [To a lot of Africans, seeing an animal is a something of a rarity. So it's a paradox of this sort of parallel life.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-theroux/to-a-lot-of-africans-seeing-an-animal-is-a-something-of-a-rarity-so/) [Paul Theroux](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-theroux/) > [The wish to travel seems to me characteristically human: the desire to move, to satisfy your curiosity or ease your fears, to change the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-theroux/the-wish-to-travel-seems-to-me-characteristically-human-the-desire-to/) [Paul Theroux](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-theroux/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/way/paul-theroux/#itemlist", "name": "19 Way Quotes By Paul Theroux", "numberOfItems": 19, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "... the grand tour is just the inspired man's way of heading home.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Paul Theroux" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-theroux/the-grand-tour-is-just-the-inspired-man-s-way-of-heading-home/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/913/paul-theroux-913_great-travel_the-grand-tour-is-just-the-inspired-man_2632912.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/913/paul-theroux-913_great-travel_the-grand-tour-is-just-the-inspired-man_2632912.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/913/paul-theroux-913_great-travel_the-grand-tour-is-just-the-inspired-man_2632912.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“... the grand tour is just the inspired man's way of heading home.” — Paul Theroux", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "There's always a way if you're not in a hurry.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Paul Theroux" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-theroux/there-s-always-a-way-if-you-re-not-in-a-hurry/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/df6/paul-theroux-913_hurry_there-s-always-a-way-if-you-re-not-in-a_1167595.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/df6/paul-theroux-913_hurry_there-s-always-a-way-if-you-re-not-in-a_1167595.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/df6/paul-theroux-913_hurry_there-s-always-a-way-if-you-re-not-in-a_1167595.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“There's always a way if you're not in a hurry.” — Paul Theroux", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 3, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "There is no faster way of destroying a man, or mocking his ideas, than making him fashionable.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Paul Theroux" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-theroux/there-is-no-faster-way-of-destroying-a-man-or-mocking-his-ideas-than/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1a7/paul-theroux-913_destroying_there-is-no-faster-way-of-destroying-a-m_708833.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1a7/paul-theroux-913_destroying_there-is-no-faster-way-of-destroying-a-m_708833.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1a7/paul-theroux-913_destroying_there-is-no-faster-way-of-destroying-a-m_708833.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“There is no faster way of destroying a man, or mocking his ideas, than making him fashionable.” — Paul Theroux", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 4, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Going slowly [...] was the best way of being reminded that there is a relationship between Here and There, and that travel narrative was the story of There and Back.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Paul Theroux" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-theroux/going-slowly-was-the-best-way-of-being-reminded-that-there-is-a/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/51d/paul-theroux-913_memorable_going-slowly-was-the-best-way-of-being-r_2149198.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/51d/paul-theroux-913_memorable_going-slowly-was-the-best-way-of-being-r_2149198.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/51d/paul-theroux-913_memorable_going-slowly-was-the-best-way-of-being-r_2149198.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Going slowly [...] was the best way of being reminded that there is a relationship between Here and There…” — Paul Theroux", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 5, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "You go away for a long time and return a different person - 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