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) →Other sayings from Paul Theroux
- “...luxury is the enemy of observation, a costly indulgence that induces such a good feeling that you notice n…”Paul Theroux
- “Henry Miller, Jack Kerouac, Albert Camus, Graham Greene - they influenced my life to a profound extent.”Paul Theroux
- “The larger an English industry was, the more likely it was to go bankrupt, because the English were not natur…”Paul Theroux
- “I have written stories, essays, even whole books on trains, scribble-scribble.”Paul Theroux
Explore Corruption
- “There is no part of the world where corruption is absolutely eliminated.”Olusegun Obasanjo
- “He asked me, "what were the usual causes or motives that made one country go to war with another?" I answered…”Jonathan Swift
- “Love hadn’t existed in this world. Only hate, deceit and lies, but by letting him in I’d let all of that crum…”Cassandra Giovanni
Explore Film
- “I never thought of what I was doing as a way to sell the NFL. I was making movies about a sport that I loved,…”Steve Sabol
- “I think the executives at the studios today realize that it's easier and safer to go the - to some known terr…”Richard D. Zanuck
- “All of a sudden, those few pages of script that he had shown me with the weird images I could visualize all o…”Jack Nance
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