I am sure you have met diplomats; they probably travel far less than you do. Okay, they get to know a place… — John Gimlette Capitol Copy Share Image
That's more about lifestyle [Peter Mayles], living abroad. It's about buying a donkey and house in south France, and that's a slightly… — John Gimlette Buying 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… — John Gimlette Demand Copy Share Image
I slightly feel, having written Paraguay and Newfoundland - and both of them have developed eccentricities through isolation - I am quite… — John Gimlette Book 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… — John Gimlette Asks Copy Share Image
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 Bits Copy Share Image
This terrible frustration that we so often feel in the West in not being able to articulate and express ourselves. — John Gimlette Able Copy Share Image
Buenos Aires is my favorite city. I think it's fantastic - but is a troubled, sort of psychologically troubled city. — John Gimlette Buenos aires Copy Share Image
I don't want to pay good money to hear ordinary people's lunatic views. Most of the people who phone in are [lunatics]… — John Gimlette Britain Copy Share Image
A lot of books are sold and given away as presents. But who actually reads and enjoy reading? — John Gimlette Book Copy Share Image
I have real fears for Cuba based on the South American experience. Where you have had such a stern regime, as Fidel's… — John Gimlette Castro Copy Share Image
If you see our best seller list, most of them are books that are given as gifts. They are books you give… — John Gimlette Best sellers Copy Share Image
I have dipped into Ian McEwan and so on. I tend not to stick with one writer. But I dip in here… — John Gimlette Dip Copy Share Image
Radio is very popular [in Britain], but it doesn't connect us in the same way. It seems to have this community function. — John Gimlette Britain Copy Share Image
There is a whole genre of funny travel writers - that's very popular. There's Bill Bryson and people who follow that route… — John Gimlette Bills Copy Share Image
I have to be careful not to visit one place right after the other and write one book after the other. Because… — John Gimlette Be careful Copy Share Image
I want people to laugh with me and Paraguay and Newfoundland, but I don't want to laugh at them. I hope in… — John Gimlette Admire Copy Share Image
My parents probably feel closer to the U.S. They feel America came to our rescue in the war and all that sort… — John Gimlette America Copy Share Image
I wonder if this reason is partly geographical, that talk radio is so much more successful in North America than in Britain?… — John Gimlette America Copy Share Image
Argentina is really in a different category because they butchered all their Indian or indigenous people in the war of the desert… — John Gimlette Argentina Copy Share Image
I feel better off doing what I know how to do. I feel a strong element of fictional style in travel writing… — John Gimlette Better off Copy Share Image
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