There is a very big difference between American and British travel journalism, and that's this whole business of the assisted or freebie trip. In Bri…

- John Gimlette

It never stops me from saying what I want to say about Ethiopia, the fact that a tour company is paid for me to go there. Book reviewers don't pay fo…

- John Gimlette

Benedict Allen gives you the impression that he hasn't done any research at all, and I am sure he has. And when he is off doing his ice dogs and that…

- John Gimlette

I slightly feel, having written Paraguay and Newfoundland - and both of them have developed eccentricities through isolation - I am quite relieved to…

- John Gimlette

The noise that we can expect in the future will only increase and we'll be wishing for rural Portugal or something like that.

- John Gimlette

We don't really listen to what the other person is saying. We have gotten used to information being in such a concentrated form all the time, and so …

- John Gimlette

A lot of books are sold and given away as presents. But who actually reads and enjoy reading?

- John Gimlette

I am always surprised to go into a bar in Boston and three televisions are playing different channels, all at once. We are constantly surprised by th…

- John Gimlette

Diplomacy was what I wanted to do. From really quite an early age and I think I had a false impression that diplomacy equals travel.

- John Gimlette