“Although I'm not fluent in sign language by a long way, I could have a...” — Paul Theroux Quote

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

“The Japanese have perfected good manners and made them indistinguishable from rudeness.”

“I have spent my life on the road waking in a pleasant, or not so pleasant hotel, and setting off every morning after breakfast hoping to discover something new and repeatable, something worth writing about.”

“I really don't like going out. I don't like restaurants because I don't like the idea of someone, a waitress, being responsible for my evening. I like seconds, and more, and lots of conversation, and I've always hated the idea that in a restaurant an evening just ends. I find that incredibly depressing.”

“My whole drive is to make sure that music is a common space where we search for beauty and share it. It needs to be louder than any conversation. That's where we have to go as a human race.”