Wilbur Smith

To me, my characters are more real than most people I meet.

— Wilbur Smith

Sometimes it is best for men not to attempt to interfere with destiny. Our prayers can be answered in ways which we…

— Wilbur Smith

“uninvited help he might offer would be rejected. He was surprised and delighted when she placed a hand on his shoulder as…

— Wilbur Smith

I still get enormous pleasure and a sense of fulfillment out of writing a book that I'm proud of. I see myself…

— Wilbur Smith

My mother-in-law speaks not a word of English. I speak not a word of Tajiki. So I smile at her ingratiatingly and…

— Wilbur Smith

I used to own an island in the Seychelles and had a big boat there and one day I came across some…

— Wilbur Smith

The mistake the apartheid government made was they gave the black people nothing, so they had nothing to lose. But now a…

— Wilbur Smith

There is no quick way of making money. People come to you with tips for the races or offer the latest Ponzi…

— Wilbur Smith

I go on a hunting safari at least once a year to Botswana, which is fantastic because we have a huge area…

— Wilbur Smith

Usually halfway through a book I have a serious depression, so I go on safari on my ranch in South Africa, or…

— Wilbur Smith

Litigation only makes lawyers fat.

— Wilbur Smith

Let it simply be said that we know more about the details of the hours immediately before and the actual death of…

— Wilbur Smith

The first story I ever sold was to 'Argosy' magazine, which no longer exists. That issue also contained work by several other…

— Wilbur Smith

“I believe that there are dark and difficult days ahead, and you won't be playing for an increase in company dividens -…

— Wilbur Smith

“the helmet badge blazed like a sunrise upon”

— Wilbur Smith

You don't turn out as many books as I did then by sitting around, being cozy with the family.

— Wilbur Smith

I'm a feminist. The women in my books in recent years have been powerful characters and I love to see a woman…

— Wilbur Smith

I never set out to write literature; I set out to tell stories. And some of my work may be very raunchy…

— Wilbur Smith

When I vacate this sack of old bones I won't care what you do with it. Bury or burn it but don't…

— Wilbur Smith

I have been blessed in many ways, and one of those is to have been born in Africa, for me a great…

— Wilbur Smith

I'm not a prophet I can only use historical reality to come to a view of the future, and my view is…

— Wilbur Smith

I shot my first lion at the age of 14 when a pride threatened my father's livestock while he was away on holiday.

— Wilbur Smith

I'm not perfect and I know it. I've done all sorts of things that are frowned upon these days - big-game hunting,…

— Wilbur Smith

It's a strange paradox that a man gifted with too many talents can fritter them all away without developing a single one…

— Wilbur Smith

I read all of Rider Haggard's books. For me he had the romance of Africa with a little bit of mysticism. I'm…

— Wilbur Smith