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Paul Theroux at the LA Public Library
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Paul Theroux on Traveling, Writing, and Life Experiences
04 min 12 secPaul Theroux cites his life experience for an improvement in his personal writing style.
Drawing from his own career as a travel writer, Theroux says "By living you learn how to read. . .and become more humane." -
Paul Theroux Recalls Fearless Travel Experiences
04 min 44 secWhen asked about how he can travel so fearlessly, Paul Theroux replies, "To me there's no point if it [travel] is not difficult."
To illustrate, Theroux fondly remembers being jabbed with rusty spears on the Trobriand Islands. -
Paul Theroux Says the US is a 'Nation of Paranoid People'
05 min 20 secPaul Theroux likens the U.S. culture of paranoia to a 1950s science fiction novel.
Theroux says "our heads are being bombarded with fear. . .and we [Americans] are being turned into a nation of paranoid people." -
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