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John Gimlette quotes: I don't want to sell other people trips! I want to be there!

I don't want to sell other people trips! I want to be there!

John Gimlette quotes: I am certainly very pro-Europe.

I am certainly very pro-Europe.

John Gimlette quotes: I'd like to write fiction. Perhaps at some stage.

I'd like to write fiction. Perhaps at some stage.

John Gimlette quotes: I have dipped into Ian McEwan and so on. I tend not to stick with one writer. But I dip in here and there.

I have dipped into Ian McEwan and so on. I tend not to stick with one writer. But I dip in here and there.

John Gimlette quotes: My parents don't think about Europe at all. The Continent is somewhere else. And they call it the Continent - to reflect, they are no real part of it.

My parents don't think about Europe at all. The Continent is somewhere else. And they call it the Continent - to reflect, they are no real part of it.

John Gimlette quotes: I was writing the Paraguay book, a Paragauyan told me that only five thousand people in Paraguay read.

I was writing the Paraguay book, a Paragauyan told me that only five thousand people in Paraguay read.

John Gimlette quotes: In both places [Paraguay and Newfoundland] people rise despite everything - both are pretty tough environments.

In both places [Paraguay and Newfoundland] people rise despite everything - both are pretty tough environments.

John Gimlette quotes: If you see our best seller list, most of them are books that are given as gifts. They are books you give to flatter somebody.

If you see our best seller list, most of them are books that are given as gifts. They are books you give to flatter somebody.

John Gimlette quotes: The Banff Mountain [Book] Festival attracts this huge number of travel writers. Whereas when I go to literary festivals ...

The Banff Mountain [Book] Festival attracts this huge number of travel writers. Whereas when I go to literary festivals ...

John Gimlette quotes: I am no apologist for Fidel's [Castro] regime. It is, after all, a totalitarian regime. So I would like to see that change.

I am no apologist for Fidel's [Castro] regime. It is, after all, a totalitarian regime. So I would like to see that change.

John Gimlette quotes: The noise that we can expect in the future will only increase and we'll be wishing for rural Portugal or something like that.

The noise that we can expect in the future will only increase and we'll be wishing for rural Portugal or something like that.

John Gimlette quotes: Lawrence Millman is a favorite writer of mine. He did a travels on the trail of the Vikings.

Lawrence Millman is a favorite writer of mine. He did a travels on the trail of the Vikings.

John Gimlette quotes: I am always surprised when people do get upset. Perhaps its just the nutty people who write to newspapers who get upset.

I am always surprised when people do get upset. Perhaps its just the nutty people who write to newspapers who get upset.

John Gimlette quotes: Buenos Aires is my favorite city. I think it's fantastic - but is a troubled, sort of psychologically troubled city.

Buenos Aires is my favorite city. I think it's fantastic - but is a troubled, sort of psychologically troubled city.

John Gimlette quotes: I would love to write a book that opens people's eyes to the more interesting side.

I would love to write a book that opens people's eyes to the more interesting side.

John Gimlette quotes: Originally I wanted to be a diplomat, and by attrition I started giving up that idea.

Originally I wanted to be a diplomat, and by attrition I started giving up that idea.

John Gimlette quotes: I think one should express opinions and these books are relatively opinionated. They would be a bit dry without it.

I think one should express opinions and these books are relatively opinionated. They would be a bit dry without it.

John Gimlette quotes: This terrible frustration that we so often feel in the West in not being able to articulate and express ourselves.

This terrible frustration that we so often feel in the West in not being able to articulate and express ourselves.

John Gimlette quotes: Diplomacy was what I wanted to do. From really quite an early age and I think I had a false impression that diplomacy equals travel.

Diplomacy was what I wanted to do. From really quite an early age and I think I had a false impression that diplomacy equals travel.

John Gimlette quotes: I don't want to pay good money to hear ordinary people's lunatic views. Most of the people who phone in are [lunatics] - certainly in Britain.

I don't want to pay good money to hear ordinary people's lunatic views. Most of the people who phone in are [lunatics] - certainly in Britain.

John Gimlette quotes: A lie well told, as the Old Singhalese adage goes, is worth a thousand facts.

A lie well told, as the Old Singhalese adage goes, is worth a thousand facts.

John Gimlette quotes: People my age and younger do think much more towards Europe. We have to fill the gap sometime - we can't think we are an empire any longer after all.

People my age and younger do think much more towards Europe. We have to fill the gap sometime - we can't think we are an empire any longer after all.

John Gimlette quotes: Radio is very popular [in Britain], but it doesn't connect us in the same way. It seems to have this community function.

Radio is very popular [in Britain], but it doesn't connect us in the same way. It seems to have this community function.

John Gimlette quotes: A lot of books are sold and given away as presents. But who actually reads and enjoy reading?

A lot of books are sold and given away as presents. But who actually reads and enjoy reading?

John Gimlette quotes: I tend to prefer traveling in the Third World countries. Like Ethiopia. Or Eritrea.

I tend to prefer traveling in the Third World countries. Like Ethiopia. Or Eritrea.

John Gimlette quotes: One does have to learn to travel with a degree of humility and that reflected in writing and personality.

One does have to learn to travel with a degree of humility and that reflected in writing and personality.

John Gimlette quotes: I feel better off doing what I know how to do. I feel a strong element of fictional style in travel writing anyway. Some call it creative nonfiction.

I feel better off doing what I know how to do. I feel a strong element of fictional style in travel writing anyway. Some call it creative nonfiction.