Quote by Paul Theroux
Mark Twain was a great traveler and he wrote three or four great t

Mark Twain was a great traveler and he wrote three or four great travel books. I wouldnt say that Im a travel novelist but rather a novelist who travels – and who uses travel as a background for finding stories of places. – Paul Theroux

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You define a good flight by negatives: you didnt get hijacked, you didnt crash, you didnt throw up, you werent late, you werent nauseated by the food. So you are grateful. – Paul Theroux

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Friendship is also about liking a person for their failings, their weakness. Its also about mutual help, not about exploitation. – Paul Theroux

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For me, Dracula has always been associated with travel and beautiful historical places. – Elizabeth Kostova

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Don Quixotes Delusions is an excellent read – far better than my own forthcoming travel book, Walking Backwards Across Tuscany. – Arthur Smith

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When youre an artist, theres always a moment in your life when you think youre not inspired and instead of doing things and instead of travel and instead of falling in love, youre just depressed, so you dont move, so you dont change. So youre not inspired. – Melanie Laurent

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I usually just have one cat. It is difficult, but I have my one cat that hell travel with me if its appropriate, if Im not going overseas. – Gina Gershon

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