You must not judge people by their country. In South America, it is always wise to judge people by their altitude. Paul Theroux More Quotes by Paul Theroux More Quotes From Paul Theroux Now and then in travel, something unexpected happens that transforms the whole nature of the trip and stays with the traveler. Paul Theroux traveler unexpected now-and-then Anything is possible on a train: a great meal, a binge, a visit from card players, an intrigue, a good night's sleep, and strangers' monologues framed like Russian short stories. Paul Theroux good-night player sleep Friendship is also about liking a person for their failings, their weakness. It's also about mutual help, not about exploitation. Paul Theroux mutual-help weakness helping The man who is tired of London is tired of looking for a parking space Paul Theroux tired space men Death is an endless night so awful to contemplate that it can make us love life and value it with such passion that it may be the ultimate cause of all joy and all art. Paul Theroux passion death art I never stay with people and I never look people up when I travel. I depend more on just chance meetings. The advantage is that people don't know who I am. I meet people casually and they're not doing me a big favor because I'm going to write something. Paul Theroux who-i-am writing people The lust of the eye. The best photographs were, to me, like an experience of drowning. Paul Theroux eye photography lust One of the pleasures of reading is seeing this alteration on the pages, and the way, by reading it, you have made the book yours. Paul Theroux pages reading book Everyone had an opinion and no one had a solution. Paul Theroux solutions opinion life travel [is] flight and pursuit in equal parts. Paul Theroux pursuit flight equal It is almost axiomatic that the worst trains take you through magical places. Paul Theroux magical-places worst travel The amount of hassle involved in travel can be overwhelming. Paul Theroux hassle overwhelming travel Travel works best when you're forced to come to terms with the place you're in. Paul Theroux inspirational funny travel It's only when you're alone that you realize where you are. You have nothing to fall back on except your own resources. Paul Theroux resources realizing fall When I'm writing, I like to travel alone. If you really want to find out about a place, you need to be as free as possible to be spontaneous. You also need to be lonely, because loneliness is a great teacher, too. Paul Theroux lonely loneliness teacher The measure of civilized behavior is compassion. Paul Theroux civilized behavior compassion My greatest inspiration is memory. Paul Theroux inspiration memories Home is always the impossible subject, multilayered and maddening. Paul Theroux subjects impossible home What I find is that you can do almost anything or go almost anywhere, if you're not in a hurry. Paul Theroux ifs can-do life Cooking requires confident guesswork and improvisation-- experimentation and substitution, dealing with failure and uncertainty in a creative way Paul Theroux kitchen cooking creative
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