Blackbirds Quote by 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 do not…

— Wilbur Smith

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

— 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 as a…

— 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 she fixes…

— Wilbur Smith

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

— Wilbur Smith

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

— Wilbur Smith

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

— Wilbur Smith

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

— Wilbur Smith

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

— 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 Jesus, in…

— Wilbur Smith