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A cynic had defined aid as simply the system by which poor white people in rich countries gave money to rich black people in poor countries to put into Swiss bank accounts.
Wilbur Smith
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Wilbur Smith
Age: 91
Born: 1933
Born: January 9
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Wilbur Addison Smith
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I put my soul into every book I write.
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I go on a hunting safari at least once a year to Botswana, which is fantastic because we have a huge area of wilderness entirely to ourselves. My island covers roughly 55 acres, which again I have to myself, with nearly half a kilometre of private beach with my own jetties and boats.
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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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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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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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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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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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The best cure for racism is to have somebody shoot at you. Man, it does not matter then what color the arse is that comes to save yours-black or white, you're ready to give it a big fat kiss.
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I have never had too much trouble for creative ideas to spring up in my mind.
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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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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.
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There's nothing so aphrodisiacal for a woman as money and success.
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What I like about writing is the sense of godlike power it gives you.
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Failure makes success so much sweeter, and allows you to thumb your nose at the crowds.
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Herbert, my father, was born in Britain but went out to Africa in his teens to join his father and built up an 18,000-acre ranch in what was then Northern Rhodesia, providing work for the locals. He was my hero when I was a boy.
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My first novel was rejected by some of the most eminent publishers in the world. Starting again was a real wrench.
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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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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 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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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.
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