Q-and-A With Paul Theroux
Travel Blog • Jim Benning • 06.13.03 | 12:01 AM ET
The writer responds to questions from readers in today’s Independent (UK). Among them: “Do you ever wish you’d lived in an age when the world was less explored? What is left to discover?” Theroux responds: “I would have loved to live at a time when the interior of Africa, the interior of South America and the heart of Asia were unexplored. But we are still exploring areas of human experience, and the human mind contains wonders. It sounds pompous to say so, but there are Everests within us and impenetrable swamps in our hearts - those are the places that I seek.”