Paul Theroux quote: Writing was in my mind from the time I was in high school, but more, the idea that I would ...

Writing was in my mind from the time I was in high school, but more, the idea that I would be a doctor. I really wanted to be a medical doctor, and I had various schemes: one was to be a psychiatrist, ...

~ Paul Theroux ~

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