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Paul Theroux

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People talk about the pain of writing, but very few people talk about the pleasure and satisfaction.


— Paul Theroux


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People who don't read books a lot are threatened by books.


— Paul Theroux


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The amount of hassle involved in travel can be overwhelming.


— Paul Theroux


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The moment that changed me for ever was the moment my first child was born. I was happy, filled with hope, and thought, 'Now I understand the whole point of work, of life, of love.'


— Paul Theroux


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The more you write, the more you're capable of writing.


— Paul Theroux


#more #write #writing #you

The Peace Corps is a sort of Howard Johnson's on the main drag into maturity.


— Paul Theroux


#drag #howard #into #johnson #main

The pleasure a reader gets is often equal to the pleasure a writer is given.


— Paul Theroux


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Travel is glamorous only in retrospect.


— Paul Theroux


#glamorous #only #retrospect

Travel works best when you're forced to come to terms with the place you're in.


— Paul Theroux


#come #forced #place #terms #travel

When I began to make some money, I really wanted to have a home.


— Paul Theroux


#home #i #make #money #really






About Paul Theroux

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Did you know about Paul Theroux?

His novel The Mosquito Coast was made into a film of the same name (1986). While there Theroux helped a political opponent of Prime Minister Hastings Banda escape to Uganda. He has since written a number of other travel books including descriptions of traveling by train from Boston to Argentina (The Old Patagonian Express) walking around the United Kingdom (The Kingdom By The Sea) kayaking in the South Pacific (The Happy Isles Of Oceania) visiting China (Riding the Iron Rooster) and traveling from Cairo to Cape Town (Dark Star Safari).

He is the father of British authors and documentary makers Louis Theroux and Marcel Theroux the brother of authors Alexander Theroux and Peter Theroux and uncle to the American actor and screenwriter Justin Theroux. Paul Edward Theroux (born April 10 1941) is an American travel writer and novelist whose best known work of travel writing is perhaps The Great Railway Bazaar (1975).

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