Continents Quote by John Gimlette

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

— 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 impressive line…

— 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. Chap in…

— John Gimlette

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

— John Gimlette

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

— John Gimlette

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

— John Gimlette

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

— John Gimlette

Paraguayans have no Italian blood and are half Guarani [Indian] blood. And the Chileans call themselves "the English of South America," which actually couldn't…

— John Gimlette

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

— John Gimlette

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

— John Gimlette