What I find is that you can do almost anything or go almost anywhere, if you're not in a hurry.
Paul TherouxI like the idea of isolation, I like the idea of solitude. You can be connected and have a phone and still be lonely.
Paul TherouxThe 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 TherouxThe worst thing that can happen to you in travel is having a gun pointed at you by a very young person. That's happened to me maybe four times in my life. I didn't like it.
Paul TherouxSo far I had been travelling alone with my handbook and my Western Railway timetable: I was happiest finding my own way and did not require a liaison man. It had been my intention to stay on the train, without bothering about arriving anywhere: sight-seeing was a way of passing the time, but, as I had concluded in Istanbul, it was an activity very largely based on imaginative invention, like rehearsing your own play in stage sets from which all the actors had fled.
Paul Theroux