Wilbur Smith

Failure makes success so much sweeter, and allows you to thumb your nose at the crowds.

— Wilbur Smith

At the age of 12 I won the school prize for Best English Essay. The prize was a copy of Somerset Maugham's…

— Wilbur Smith

I believe that a healthy body breeds a healthy mind. I am 74 years old now and my wife, Niso, is 38…

— Wilbur Smith

I write my books in my head, and not in a specific study with a view. The view is from my inner…

— Wilbur Smith

I have done everything I have ever wanted to do. I have swum with tiger sharks, been charged by lions and elephants.…

— Wilbur Smith

They do say that socialism is the ideal philosophy-just as long as you have capitalists to pay for it.

— Wilbur Smith

I love the sea as much as I love the veldt of Africa.

— Wilbur Smith

My first novel was rejected by some of the most eminent publishers in the world. Starting again was a real wrench.

— Wilbur Smith

People don't really know themselves until they're 30. Like most people nowadays, I went to university, got a degree and wandered for…

— Wilbur Smith

There are people out there with an eye on my hard-earned cash who think that I am a pushover. I am not!

— Wilbur Smith

“Enough, I can say no more.”

— Wilbur Smith

I live in Cape Town but my favourite holiday destination is Hermanus, a little seaside town about a 90-minute drive away, over…

— Wilbur Smith

Herbert, my father, was born in Britain but went out to Africa in his teens to join his father and built up…

— Wilbur Smith

I have never had too much trouble for creative ideas to spring up in my mind.

— Wilbur Smith