John Gimlette Quotes - Page 3

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• When McDonald's opened up in Moscow - I happened to be there when it opened and wandered in. And the Russians were queuing three times around the block to get in. And when they got to the head of the queue, they'd go, "I'll have a Big Mac please. Have you the cheese and the rolls? And do you have the meat and do you have the salad?" And everybody asks this because they are so used to things being awful that it took them a quarter of an hour to order a Big Mac.

  John Gimlette

  Block, Mcdonalds, Order

  Source: www.identitytheory.com

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

  John Gimlette

  Country, Eritrea, World

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

  John Gimlette

  Book, Thinking, Would Be

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• 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.

  John Gimlette

  Strong, Writing, Feel Better

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

  John Gimlette

  Writing, Fiction, Stage

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• American travel writing is very healthy. I'm always flicking through the reviews and I see plenty of travel writing - and an impressive line up and continual demand.

  John Gimlette

  Writing, Healthy, Demand

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• India, to some extent, courses through my blood. My father was brought up there, and my grandfather served there, and so on. We have a very strong family affinity for the place.

  John Gimlette

  Strong, Father, Blood

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• I have to be careful not to visit one place right after the other and write one book after the other. Because I fear writing the same book all over again. That's why I am taking a break and doing something different this time.

  John Gimlette

  Book, Writing, Different

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• I don't therefore know how to write for the big papers. It must be kids - students - and retired people. And the reality is they are overwhelmed with people sending in their holiday stories and bits and pieces and so on.

  John Gimlette

  Writing, Holiday, Kids

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• What I really like about Cuba is that you can go into a local bar in a provincial town and you'll get jazz played at the highest standard - played often a cappella, or certainly with no amplification or whatever. Even if you are not knowledgeable about music, and I am not, you can find yourself really enjoying it.

  John Gimlette

  Finding Yourself, Cuba, Bars

  Source: www.identitytheory.com

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

  John Gimlette

  Vikings, Trails, Mines

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