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

Wilbur Smith

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Wilbur Smith
Age: 91
Born: 1933
Born: January 9
Mathematician
Novelist
Screenwriter
Writer
Broken Hill
Wilbur Addison Smith
Africa
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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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I have never had too much trouble for creative ideas to spring up in my mind.
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I read a lot of biographies and books with an African background.
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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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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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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.
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Usually halfway through a book I have a serious depression, so I go on safari on my ranch in South Africa, or fishing off my island in the Seychelles. When I come back and re-read it, I think: 'What was all that about, Smith? It's fine, just get on with it.'
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I write my books in my head, and not in a specific study with a view. The view is from my inner eyes.
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What I like about writing is the sense of godlike power it gives you.
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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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I shot my first lion at the age of 14 when a pride threatened my father's livestock while he was away on holiday.
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I'm not a good father and they're not children any more the eldest is in his fifties. My relationship with their mothers broke down and, because of what the law was, they went with their mothers and were imbued with their mothers' morality in life and they were not my people any more.
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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?
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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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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.
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Failure makes success so much sweeter, and allows you to thumb your nose at the crowds.
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Politicians all over the world cater to domestic vote banks. They will spend only on what their constituents want. So unless there is a grass root green movement in a nation the politicians will not be willing to spend money on curbing emissions. More awareness is needed amongst the people to effect the real change in how governments spend.
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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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