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Although I'm not fluent in sign language by a long way, I could have a fairly decent conversation.

~Paul Theroux

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When I started writing, I did have some idealised notion of my dad as a writer. But I have less and less of a literary rivalry with him as I've gone on. I certainly don't feel I need his approval, although maybe that's because I'm confident that I've got it.

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I know there are writers who feel unhappy with domesticity and who even manufacture domestic turmoil in order to have something to write about. With me, though, the happier I feel, the better I write.

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The pleasure a reader gets is often equal to the pleasure a writer is given.

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People talk about the pain of writing, but very few people talk about the pleasure and satisfaction.

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My house is a place I have spent many years improving to the point where I have no desire to leave it.

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You may not know it but I'm no good at coping with all the attention in the luxury hotels I sometimes find myself in.

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My greatest inspiration is memory.

~Paul Theroux

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I loathe blogs when I look at them. Blogs look, to me, illiterate. They look hasty, like someone babbling.

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To me, writing is a considered act. It's something which is a great labor of thought and consideration.

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Biography

Nationality: American

Type: Novelist

Born: April 10th, 1941

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