Top 126 Quotes by Paul Theroux

About Paul Theroux

These are some quotes by American author Paul Theroux Novelist, who was born on April 10, 1941.

I hate vacations. I hate them. I have no fun on them. I get nothing done. People sit and relax, but I don't want to relax. I want to see something.

I hate vacations. I hate them. I have no fun on them. I get nothing done. People sit and relax, but I don't want to relax. I want to see something.

Paul Theroux

It's only when you're alone that you realize where you are. You have nothing to fall back on except your own resources.

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

Maine out of season is unmistakably a great destination: hospitable, good-humored, plenty of elbow room, short days, dark nights of crackling ice crystals.

Maine out of season is unmistakably a great destination: hospitable, good-humored, plenty of elbow room, short days, dark nights of crackling ice crystals.

Paul Theroux

I should start by saying that traveling in the States is a bit like traveling in Asia. You need it, it helps to have an introduction - that there is a certain network.

I should start by saying that traveling in the States is a bit like traveling in Asia. You need it, it helps to have an introduction - that there is a certain network.

Paul Theroux

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.'

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

You can't write about a friend, you can only write about a former friend.

You can't write about a friend, you can only write about a former friend.

Paul Theroux

It is usually expensive and lonely to be principled.

It is usually expensive and lonely to be principled.

Paul Theroux

When I left Africa in 1966 it seemed to me to be a place that was developing, going in a particular direction, and I don't think that is the case now. And it's a place where people still kid themselves - you know, in a few years this will happen or that will happen. Well, it's not going to happen. It's never going to happen.

Paul Theroux

My house is a place I have spent many years improving to the point where I have no desire to leave it.

My house is a place I have spent many years improving to the point where I have no desire to leave it.

Paul Theroux

I wouldn't say that I'm a travel novelist, but rather a novelist who travels - and who uses travel as a background for finding stories of places.

I wouldn't say that I'm 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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