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He regarded himself as an accomplished writer — a clear sign of madness in anyone.

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Paul Theroux
Age: 83
Born: 1941
Born: April 10
Film Writer
Novelist
Writer
Medford
Massachusetts
Paul Edward Theroux
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Writer
Anyone
Clear
Regarded
Accomplished
Madness

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Albania in 1994 was the strangest place I've ever seen. It was like walking into the looking glass: falling apart, paranoid people, anarchy, no one farming, full of thieves. It was beyond any Third World country. They were living in their own private nightmare.
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I'm constantly running across people who have never heard of books I think they should read.
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