Paul Theroux Quotes


Writing was in my mind from the time I was in high school, but more, the idea that I would be a doctor. I really wanted to be a medical doctor, and I had various schemes: one was to be a psychiatrist, another was tropical medicine.


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Theroux, Paul. Interview. The Guardian, 2013.

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Paul Theroux
Paul Theroux
  • Born: April 10, 1941
  • Nationality: American
  • Profession: Novelist

Paul Edward Theroux is an American travel writer and novelist, whose works include The Great Railway Bazaar (1975). He has published numerous works of fiction, some of which were adapted as feature films. He was awarded the 1981 James Tait Black Memorial Prize for his novel The Mosquito Coast, which was adapted for the 1986 movie of the same name.