Paul Theroux Quotes:
Ocupation: Film writer
Life: b. April 10, 1941
Birthday: April 10
Unless there is a strong sense of place there is no travel writing, but it need not come from topographical description; dialogue can also convey a sense of place. Even so, I insist, the traveler invents the place. Feeling compelled to comment on my travel books, people say to me, "I went there"---China, India, the Pacific, Albania-- "and it wasn't like that." I say, "Because I am not you.
source: Paul Theroux (2001). “The Best American Travel Writing 2001”, p.21, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
topic: Strong, Book, Writing, Albania, Pacific, Travel Books, Sense Of Place
