John Gimlette

I was talking to my publisher in Britain and was told here we are - we are sixty million people and we…

— John Gimlette

In both places [Paraguay and Newfoundland] people rise despite everything - both are pretty tough environments.

— John Gimlette

Lawrence Millman is a favorite writer of mine. He did a travels on the trail of the Vikings.

— John Gimlette

American travel writing is very healthy. I'm always flicking through the reviews and I see plenty of travel writing - and an…

— John Gimlette

What's fascinating is where they come from in the world. People in Bangladesh, a chap in a fire-base in Tikrit in Iraq.…

— John Gimlette

The United Nations was the thing I wanted to work for. Like the United Nations Commission for Refugees is what I was…

— John Gimlette

When McDonald's opened up in Moscow - I happened to be there when it opened and wandered in. And the Russians were…

— John Gimlette

People my age and younger do think much more towards Europe. We have to fill the gap sometime - we can't think…

— John Gimlette

I slightly feel, having written Paraguay and Newfoundland - and both of them have developed eccentricities through isolation - I am quite…

— John Gimlette

Paraguayans have no Italian blood and are half Guarani [Indian] blood. And the Chileans call themselves "the English of South America," which…

— John Gimlette

I am sure you have met diplomats; they probably travel far less than you do. Okay, they get to know a place…

— John Gimlette

Originally I wanted to be a diplomat, and by attrition I started giving up that idea.

— John Gimlette

I wouldn't like to see Cuba change in other ways. And the trouble is when Fidel [Castro] does go - I am…

— John Gimlette

I don't therefore know how to write for the big papers. It must be kids - students - and retired people. And…

— John Gimlette

It is a gift, and you realize as soon as you cross the border into Paraguay, as I did, the first time…

— John Gimlette

In Western Civilization - America and Britain - if you see people talking and it becomes an argument and voices are raised,…

— John Gimlette

I am no apologist for Fidel's [Castro] regime. It is, after all, a totalitarian regime. So I would like to see that…

— John Gimlette

There are 60 million of us [britains] crammed into an area the size of a state. So you don't have that feeling…

— John Gimlette

What I really like about Cuba is that you can go into a local bar in a provincial town and you'll get…

— John Gimlette

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

I tend to prefer traveling in the Third World countries. Like Ethiopia. Or Eritrea.

— John Gimlette

I'd like to write fiction. Perhaps at some stage.

— John Gimlette

Paraguay has had a U.S. supermarket boss as its ambassador for a while. He did the job well. He was there because…

— John Gimlette

I am always surprised when people do get upset. Perhaps its just the nutty people who write to newspapers who get upset.

— John Gimlette

Benedict Allen gives you the impression that he hasn't done any research at all, and I am sure he has. And when…

— John Gimlette