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.

Love doesn't last.

Love doesn't last.

Paul Theroux

I loathe blogs when I look at them. Blogs look, to me, illiterate. They look hasty, like someone babbling.

I loathe blogs when I look at them. Blogs look, to me, illiterate. They look hasty, like someone babbling.

Paul Theroux

If you're a misanthrope you stay at home. There are certain writers who really don't like other people. I'm not like that, I don't think.

If you're a misanthrope you stay at home. There are certain writers who really don't like other people. I'm not like that, I don't think.

Paul Theroux

I was kind of raised with the suggestion that I had a duty to do; that life was real, life was earnest. And I hated that, actually. I needed to be liberated, to be told that I could live the life that I wanted to live; that I didn't need a job, or to be shouted at; that I could be myself; that I could be happy.

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

When I went to Hong Kong, I knew at once I wanted to write a story set there.

When I went to Hong Kong, I knew at once I wanted to write a story set there.

Paul Theroux

Everything is fiction. You only have your own life to work with in the way that a biographer only has the letters and journals to work with.

Everything is fiction. You only have your own life to work with in the way that a biographer only has the letters and journals to work with.

Paul Theroux

I like the idea of isolation, I like the idea of solitude. You can be connected and have a phone and still be lonely.

I like the idea of isolation, I like the idea of solitude. You can be connected and have a phone and still be lonely.

Paul Theroux

An island is a fixed and finite piece of geography, and usually the whole place has been carved up and claimed.

An island is a fixed and finite piece of geography, and usually the whole place has been carved up and claimed.

Paul Theroux

The people of Hong Kong are criticized for only being interested in business, but it's the only thing they've been allowed to do.

The people of Hong Kong are criticized for only being interested in business, but it's the only thing they've been allowed to do.

Paul Theroux

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