“Ever since childhood, when I lived within earshot of the Boston and Ma...” — Paul Theroux Quote

“Ever since childhood, when I lived within earshot of the Boston and Maine, I have seldom heard a train go by and not wished I was on it.”

“Television cannot film corruption. Television cannot spend five days on a rattling railway train, talking endlessly. Television needs excitement, it needs an angle, it needs a 'sound bite.”

“Winter is a season of recovery and preparation.”

“I studied journalism at The University of North Carolina - Chapel Hill. I did my graduate work at Emerson in Boston, and I was actually a reporter for a year in New York and New Jersey. It dawned on me that I wasn't cut out for that line of work. I mean... there's a certain thing that really good reports have that I just didn't.”

“Boston's freeway system is insane. It was clearly designed by a person who had spent his childhood crashing toy trains.”

“I feel like I'm a part of the Boston community.”