Paul Theroux

Death is an endless night so awful to contemplate that it can make us love life and value it with such passion that it may be the ultimate cause of all joy and all art.
-Paul Theroux

Extensive traveling induces a feeling of encapsulation, and travel, so broadening at first, contracts the mind.
-Paul Theroux

Fiction gives us a second chance that life denies us.
-Paul Theroux

I cannot make my days longer so I strive to make them better.
-Paul Theroux

Gain a modest reputation for being unreliable and you will never be asked to do a thing.
-Paul Theroux

Writing is pretty crummy on the nerves.
-Paul Theroux