Paul Theroux

""You define a good flight by negatives: you didn’t get hijacked, you didn’t crash, you didn’t throw up, you weren’t late, you weren’t nauseated by the food. So you are grateful.""

- Paul Theroux

"Winter is a season of recovery and preparation."

- Paul Theroux

"I cannot make my days longer, so I strive to make them better."

- Paul Theroux

"Cooking requires confident guesswork and improvisation– experimentation and substitution, dealing with failure and uncertainty in a creative way."

- Paul Theroux

"Tourists don’t know where they’ve been, travelers don’t know where they’re going."

- Paul Theroux

"Cooking requires confident guesswork and improvisation—experimentation and substitution, dealing with failure and uncertainty in a creative way."

- Paul Theroux

"Hawaii is not a state of mind, but a state of grace."

- Paul Theroux

"There is no moment of delight in any pilgrimage like the beginning of it."

- Paul Theroux