Paul Theroux Quotes

I don't like routine and I don't like rules.

I like freedom. I wake up in the morning and say, 'I don't know, should I have a popsicle or a donut?' You know, who knows?

We are in a time when the Peace Corps mission is more vital than ever, and the organization is at a 30-year high in the number of volunteers in the field. The Peace Corps is currently in 69 posts and serving 75 countries across the globe.

I think I am typical in believing that the Peace Corps trained us brilliantly and then did little more except send us into the bush. It was not a bad way of running things.

The Peace Corps would give thousands of young Americans a chance to see at first hand the conditions in remote areas of the world.

I'm a great believer in chaos. I don't believe that you start with a formula and then you fulfill the formula. Chaos is a much better instigator, because we live in chaos - we don't live in a rigorous form.

I am not much about rules, I like to break 'em and don't like to make 'em.

My childhood was colorfully anarchic and punctuated by a lot of change.

Some of us don't want to be a housewife. When you live alone, you can do anything you want to do anytime you want. I really like it.

I think sometimes if you are alone, you are freer because your time is your own.

All we ask is to be let alone.

The Peace Corps is an outstanding organization that promotes peace through helping countless individuals who want to help build a better life for the community in which they serve.

I don't like planning, because it robs me of freedom, so I'd like a 24 hours that was full of surprises.

My policy is to have no policy.

I'd never be tied down for five years interviewing TV personalities.

I do not believe in planning.

I hate everything that is rigid. I need freedom.

I think I would never be ready to do a regular job. I couldn’t go to the office every day at the same hour. I love my life. This freedom.

Blogging is like work, but without coworkers thwarting you at every turn.

Obviously the great thing about this job is the complete freedom of the schedule. So long as I meet the deadline, they don't care when I work or how I work.

I have a hatred of habit and routine. And what dogs love is just that. They like regular everything, and I don't have regular anything. I have a timetable, but no routine.

I don't like to have anybody tell me to be in a place at certain times. That's kind of the advantage of stand up. You're self-employed.

I roll out of bed in the morning, whenever I want, and I work right away because, to me, that's the life. That's freedom. The whole point for me is that I love the freedom of being an entrepreneur that I do what I want to do when I want to do it.

I'm a big believer in being an entrepreneur. It's easy for me to say because I work for myself and I am someone who likes that process. You have control over your destiny.

How in the world was I alone? Because I wanted to be. That's all I can say. It's all that makes sense to me.