Paul Theroux Quotes:
Ocupation: Film writer
Life: b. April 10, 1941
Birthday: April 10
A travel book is about someone who goes somewhere, travels on the ground, sees something and spends quite a lot of time doing it, and has a hard time, and then comes back and writes about it. It's not about inventing.
source: Interview with Michael Shapiro, www.sfgate.com. May 28, 2011. 
topic: Travel, Book, Writing, Travel Books
