You may not know it but I'm no good at coping with all the attention in the luxury hotels I sometimes find myself in. Paul Theroux attentioncopefind Change image and share on social
I feel as if my mission is to write, to see, to observe, and I feel lazy if I'm not reaching conclusions. I feel stupid. I feel as if I'm wasting my time. Paul Theroux conclusionfeellazy Change image and share on social
What strikes me about high-school reunions is the realization that these are people one has known one's whole life. Paul Theroux highlifepeople Change image and share on social
The impulse to write comes, I think, from a desire - perhaps a need - to give imaginative life to experience, to share it with the reader, not to cover up the truth but to deliver it obliquely. Paul Theroux coverdeliverdesire Change image and share on social
I cannot make my days longer so I strive to make them better. Paul Theroux daylongmake Change image and share on social
People who don't read books a lot are threatened by books. Paul Theroux booklotpeople Change image and share on social
People say writing is really hard. That's very unfair to those who are doing real jobs. People who work in the fields or fix roofs, engineers, or car mechanics. I think lying on your back working under an oily car, that's a job. Paul Theroux backcarengineer share on social
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 artawfulcontemplate Change image and share on social
When I write about my childhood I think, oh my God, how did I ever get from there to here? Not that any great thing has happened to me. But I felt so tiny, so lost. Paul Theroux childhoodfeltgod Change image and share on social
Movable type seemed magical to the monks who were illuminating manuscripts and copying texts. Certainly e-books seem magical to me. Paul Theroux bookcopyilluminate Change image and share on social
