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Litigation only makes lawyers fat. — Wilbur Smith

I read a lot of biographies and books with an African background. — Wilbur Smith

I put my soul into every book I write. — Wilbur Smith

No profit was too small to despise; no loss was too small to abhor. — Wilbur Smith

The man who drinks Zambezi waters must always return to drink again. — Wilbur Smith

Sometimes you are garrulous, Taita.' Pharaoh was less than captivated by my lecture on the palace architecture. 'Get on — 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

They say if you drink Zambezi water with your mother's milk, you are always a slave of Africa, and I am. — Wilbur Smith

Silence as they crept in towards the island. Hal navigated by the compass, — Wilbur Smith

I write my books in my head, and not in a specific study with a view. The view is from my inner eyes. — Wilbur Smith

The tranquilizers he had been given had worn off, leaving him with a drug hangover and a bitter grudge against the entire world. — 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 with a cute bottom walking past. — Wilbur Smith

War is the game played by old men with the lives of the young — Wilbur Smith

I want to be seen as a good storyteller. I'm a manipulator as well. — Wilbur Smith

We are all mere insects caught in the web that the gods spin for us. — Wilbur Smith

The fact that I had been on the point of making a similar heroic gesture was quite ignored, and this only increased my irritation. — Wilbur Smith

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Patriotism is a myth conceived by those old rogues to draw us into the infernal game. Let them fight as they will, but we want no part of it. — Wilbur Smith

Every time one of my books sells a million copies in paperback, Pan Macmillan gives me a gold statuette of Pan. I have about 20 of them. — Wilbur Smith

Wave of sound swept over the ring as every man in the convocation shouted together. — 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 make much fuss. — Wilbur Smith

I think one of the most poignant things is unrequited love and loneliness. — Wilbur Smith

My absolute favorite pieces are 'Rhapsody in Blue' and 'Begin the Beguine.' I play these when I am working. — 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 expect and do not welcome. — Wilbur Smith

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

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History is a river that never ends. Today is history, and I am here at the fountainhead. — Wilbur Smith

Every one of them was armed, every one a trained soldier who had killed and would not hesitate to kill again. — Wilbur Smith

They were built up to great expectations, and when these could not be met, they turned against those who made the promises. — Wilbur Smith

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

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

He mad no moral judgements. He accepted mankind as he found it, and looked for the profit to be made from its strengths or weaknesses. — Wilbur Smith

Duplicity thy name is woman! — Wilbur Smith

More than weapons, we need a leader. — Wilbur Smith

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

Mr. Tyler, drop the anchor. We are as close — Wilbur Smith

They say I'm worth either â‚¬200 million, â‚¬100 million, â‚¬50 million or â‚¬10 million, but that's something between God, the HMRC and myself. — Wilbur Smith

Enough, I can say no more. — Wilbur Smith

I don't want children. Why should I let some strange little monster into my life to destroy what to me is a perfect set-up? — Wilbur Smith

What I like about writing is the sense of godlike power it gives you. — Wilbur Smith

Real men read my books. — Wilbur Smith

But those set to guard a treasure, are too often those who loot it. — Wilbur Smith

but death is the ultimate purpose of life. — Wilbur Smith

Yet such is the perversity of human nature that I hungered for what I could never have and dreamed of the impossible. — Wilbur Smith

It's not the dying but the manner of it. — Wilbur Smith

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It's a strange paradox that a man gifted with too many talents can fritter them all away without developing a single one to its full. — Wilbur Smith

We have worked all day to tidy the mess you have made. — Wilbur Smith

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

they chewed on the cud. — Wilbur Smith

There was always a pass through the reef where the sweet water inhibited the growth of the coral. As — Wilbur Smith

I grew up in Rhodesia on my father's ranch and every year he used to take us on safari in some remote area of the wilderness. — Wilbur Smith

Beware of your most implacable enemy-yourself. — Wilbur Smith

If I have to die, then it's best to do so before I see everything I love, the land, the animals, the people, all of it destroyed. — Wilbur Smith

we arrived at the army's main encampment all — Wilbur Smith

Happiness cannot last, he thought. It is too intense. — Wilbur Smith

You're too old for this type of living,' he told — Wilbur Smith

Fly for me, Bird of the Sun. — 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

It's probably true that everyone has a book in them, although it may not be a very good one. — Wilbur Smith

All my characters have got a big slice of me in them. A big piece of me, because it's my dialogue and this is the way I think and talk. — Wilbur Smith

I am a closet birdwatcher. I can identify Southern African species, but it irks me I can barely tell a jay from a blackbird in the U.K. — Wilbur Smith

Literature throws us many great heroes. Real life invariably outdoes them. — Wilbur Smith

I love the sea as much as I love the veldt of Africa. — Wilbur Smith

I know it's politically incorrect but I enjoy things like the kick boxing and cock fighting. — Wilbur Smith

When it comes to fashion, even the most sensible woman is not to be trusted. — Wilbur Smith

Should five slaves dictate to a king? If five baboons bark, must the black-maned lion tremble? — Wilbur Smith

My father was my god. His approval was so valuable to me. — 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 me with a beady eye. — 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

There's nothing so aphrodisiacal for a woman as money and success. — Wilbur Smith

attempt to escape, — Wilbur Smith