Hong kong Quote by Paul Theroux Download Open image “When I went to Hong Kong, I knew at once I wanted to write a story set there.” — Paul Theroux ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.4 out of 5 (5 ratings) Copy quoteShare Hong kong Stories Story Story Set Wanted Went Hong Write Story Writing
People are very surprised when they come to Hong Kong after seeing my films, because my version of it is quite different than Hong… — Wong Kar-wai Copy Share Image
I lived in Boston for three years, and during that time, I wrote my first collection of stories, 'What the World Will Look Like… — Laura van den Berg Copy Share Image
I really feel that Hong Kong is my home, and Hong Kong is my identity as an actor. — Daniel Wu Copy Share Image
I've always set my stories in places I know well. It frees me up to spend more imaginative time on the characters if I'm… — Kim Edwards Copy Share Image
I wanted to make my stories, which are inspired by Asian stories, into something fresh, decontextualized - to give them new life as a… — Ken Liu Copy Share Image
I remember vividly one distinct memory of arriving in Hong Kong and being the only blonde haired girl in this sea of international students,… — Adelaide Clemens Copy Share Image
My films are never about what Hong Kong is like, or anything approaching a realistic portrait, but what I think about Hong Kong and… — Wong Kar-wai Copy Share Image
I would have loved to have been in Hong Kong, or China, in around the 18th century. — Keith Allen Copy Share Image
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… — Paul Theroux Copy Share Image
The larger an English industry was, the more likely it was to go bankrupt, because the English were not naturally corporate people; they disliked… — Paul Theroux Copy Share Image
Maine out of season is unmistakably a great destination: hospitable, good-humored, plenty of elbow room, short days, dark nights of crackling ice crystals. — Paul Theroux Copy Share Image
You can't write about a friend, you can only write about a former friend. — Paul Theroux Copy Share Image
“sightseeing, an activity that delights the truly idle because it seems so much like scholarship, gawping and eavesdropping on antiquity, flattering oneself with the… — Paul Theroux Copy Share Image
Tourists who go to Africa have more of a traditional experience than Africans do. A tourist goes on safari; Africans don't. — Paul Theroux Copy Share Image
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… — Paul Theroux Copy Share Image
Pain does not create a long-lasting memory, but the memory of luxury exerts itself for ever. — Paul Theroux Copy Share Image
Personally, I prefer contemporary films, but the market calls for more period choices, especially since China opened up a cinema market in Hong Kong.… — Donnie Yen Copy Share Image
“I don’t just want you to like me, I want to be one of the most joy-inducing human beings that you’ve ever encountered. I… — Carrie Fisher Copy Share Image
I'm optimistic Hong Kong will achieve universal suffrage - no matter the attitude of Beijing. — Joshua Wong Copy Share Image
I've never been invited to do an exhibition or do a talk in England, except once, about 10 years ago. I've given talks all… — Brian Wildsmith Copy Share Image
My father describes himself as a Pole of Lithuanian descent. At Southampton University, he read aeronautical engineering and then the family moved to Hong… — Mel Giedroyc Copy Share Image
I still remember playing my first Challenger tournament in Hong Kong in 1990, and the prize fund was $50,000. — Tim Henman Copy Share Image
I think that compared to other politicians who have been put in jail in the past, compared to the human-rights activists in history who… — Joshua Wong Copy Share Image
Once, bit-fetching was the job mainly of children. In the 1970s, if I sat too long looking bored, I'd be dispatched to the shop… — Grace Dent Copy Share Image
On the mission I brought a flag from China, I brought the stone sculpture from Hong Kong, and I brought a scroll from Taiwan.… — Leroy Chiao Copy Share Image
Historically, Hong Kong has served as an important bridge between China and the world. Our freedoms, stability and the rule of law have been… — Joshua Wong Copy Share Image
“If overpopulation or lack of resources created poverty, then Hong Kong should be poor. Hong Kong has 20 times as many people per square… — John Stossel Copy Share Image
We enjoy a considerable net inflow of capital and I am sure that a condition of its coming, and staying, is that it is… — John James Cowperthwaite Copy Share Image
