I am always surprised to go into a bar in Boston and three televisions are playing different channels, all at once. We… — John Gimlette Bars Copy Share Image
We don't really listen to what the other person is saying. We have gotten used to information being in such a concentrated… — John Gimlette Arguing Copy Share Image
I would love to write a book that opens people's eyes to the more interesting side. — John Gimlette Book Copy Share Image
One does have to learn to travel with a degree of humility and that reflected in writing and personality. — John Gimlette Degrees Copy Share Image
India, to some extent, courses through my blood. My father was brought up there, and my grandfather served there, and so on.… — John Gimlette Affinity Copy Share Image
Diplomacy was what I wanted to do. From really quite an early age and I think I had a false impression that… — John Gimlette Age Copy Share Image
I realize how much [Mark] Twain fabricated things. I like it very much, but it's only half true. And it shows what… — John Gimlette Doe Copy Share Image
There is a very big difference between American and British travel journalism, and that's this whole business of the assisted or freebie… — John Gimlette Bases Copy Share Image
I find the public reaction to writing - it's fascinating in this modern age. Of course people are able to interact with… — John Gimlette Able Copy Share Image
There are no young people who know how to debate, who know how to vote, and who know how to persuade people… — John Gimlette Debate Copy Share Image
I think one should express opinions and these books are relatively opinionated. They would be a bit dry without it. — John Gimlette Bits Copy Share Image
The noise that we can expect in the future will only increase and we'll be wishing for rural Portugal or something like… — John Gimlette Increase 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
If you travel in countries like Morocco, and I say that because I have just come from Morocco, if people are shouting… — John Gimlette Argument Copy Share Image
It never stops me from saying what I want to say about Ethiopia, the fact that a tour company is paid for… — John Gimlette Book Copy Share Image
I have a nice little idea from some people I met there who are now in their seventies, and I want to… — John Gimlette Cuban Copy Share Image
I often think I would like to come even closer to home and write about somewhere like Wales, for example - which… — John Gimlette Coal Copy Share Image
My parents don't think about Europe at all. The Continent is somewhere else. And they call it the Continent - to reflect,… — John Gimlette Continents 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
I was writing the Paraguay book, a Paragauyan told me that only five thousand people in Paraguay read. — John Gimlette Book 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 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
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
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