Share & Save
Meaning
Not documented yet.
When It Was Said
Not documented yet.
Who It Was Said To
Not documented yet.
Historical Context
Not documented yet.
Source
Not documented yet.
Original Language & Translation
Originally said in English.
Did They Really Say It?
Not documented yet.
Did You Know?
Not documented yet.
About Paul Theroux
American novelist and travel writer
Paul Theroux is an American novelist and travel writer. He is known for books that move between fiction and travel writing, including the travelogue The Great Railway Bazaar. His work has reached beyond the page as well. The Mosquito Coast won the 1981 James Tait Black Memorial Prize, and some of his fiction has been adapted for film and television, including versions of The Mosquito Coast.
More from Paul Theroux (158 quotes) →More quotes by Paul Theroux
- “I think I understand passion. Love is something else.”Paul Theroux
- “In travel, as in many other experiences in life, once is usually enough.”Paul Theroux
- “Nyasaland was the perfect country for a volunteer. It was friendly and destitute; it was small and out-of-the…”Paul Theroux
- “One of my fears is not writing. I don't know how to do anything else.”Paul Theroux
Explore Imagination
- “Between the new, happy him, and the old, depressing him, there stood in the way only his lack of imagination.”Vann Chow
- “I love words. I crave descriptions that overwhelm my imagination with vivid detail. I dwell on phrases that m…”Richelle E. Goodrich
- “A fit, healthy body—that is the best fashion statement”Jess C. Scott
Truth: more sayings
READ THE SOURCE
Books by Paul Theroux
The Great Railway Bazaar
1977
The Elephanta suite
2007
Ghost Train to the Eastern Star
2007
A Dead Hand
2010
The happy isles of Oceania
1999