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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

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Wilbur Smith
Age: 91
Born: 1933
Born: January 9
Mathematician
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Broken Hill
Wilbur Addison Smith
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Litigation only makes lawyers fat.
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The really disturbing thing about Somalia is that in a country where there are few economic opportunities, pirates are perceived as glamorous and are held in awe by young boys who aspire to their lifestyle.
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You know that feeling when you finish a final exam and you think, 'I never want to do that again'? Well I have the same feeling when I finish a novel. Each time I say, 'I think I may retire now' and then after six months the ideas start to churn again. I could never stop.
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Authors can only soft sell the environment. Create a wonderful story around the environment involving the characters that leaves a lasting impression on the reader's mind.
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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.
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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.
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I have never had too much trouble for creative ideas to spring up in my mind.
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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.
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They do say that socialism is the ideal philosophy-just as long as you have capitalists to pay for it.
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I put my soul into every book I write.
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You don't turn out as many books as I did then by sitting around, being cozy with the family.
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Failure makes success so much sweeter, and allows you to thumb your nose at the crowds.
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Let it simply be said that we know more about the details of the hours immediately before and the actual death of Jesus, in and near Jerusalem, than we know about the death of any other one man in all the ancient world.
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Quite frankly, I think political correctness is the worst form of censorship. You're not allowed to speak your mind unless you're black, or unless you're a terrorist, or unless you're an Arab or a minority people. Then you can say what you like. But if you are like a lot of us you are not supposed to say certain things.
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There's nothing so aphrodisiacal for a woman as money and success.
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I think one of the most poignant things is unrequited love and loneliness.
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I read all of Rider Haggard's books. For me he had the romance of Africa with a little bit of mysticism. I'm delighted to be looked on as his heir and be categorised as an adventure novelist because that's exactly what I am.
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I know it's politically incorrect but I enjoy things like the kick boxing and cock fighting.
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Write for yourself, not for a perceived audience. If you do, you'll mostly fall flat on your face, because it's impossible to judge what people want. And you have to read. That's how you learn what is good writing and what is bad. Then the main thing is application. It's hard work.
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History is a river that never ends. Today is history, and I am here at the fountainhead.
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