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Despite the fact that I spend a lot of time in London, Switzerland and New York, Africa is the place I know and love best, and my heart will always lie here.

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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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Cape Town's beaches are superb and while the water on the Atlantic side is damn cold, it's very pleasant on the other side. Bring your golf clubs if you play - Cape Town has some fabulous golf courses.
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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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beware of your most implacable enemy-yourself.
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There's nothing so aphrodisiacal for a woman as money and success.
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I love the sea as much as I love the veldt of Africa.
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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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I think one of the most poignant things is unrequited love and loneliness.
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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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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 have never had too much trouble for creative ideas to spring up in my mind.
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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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What I like about writing is the sense of godlike power it gives you.
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