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Quote of the Day Fresh quotes Topics Authors I'm Feeling Lucky Disable ads! 72 quotes by Wilbur Smith Wilbur Smith Wilbur Smith, signing The Quest Born (1933-01-09) 9 January 1933 (age 82) Broken Hill, Northern Rhodesia Occupation Novelist Genre Natural, Adventure Website wilbursmithbooks.com Wilbur Addison Smith (born 9 January 1933 ) is a South African novelist specialising in historical fiction about the international involvement in Southern Africa across three centuries, seen from the viewpoints of both black and white families. An... Read full biography of Wilbur Smith → 1 2 3 4 5 6 Ctrl → 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... → 0 At the age of 12 I won the school prize for Best English Essay. The prize was a copy of Somerset Maugham's 'Introduction To Modern English... → 0 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... → 0 I think one of the most poignant things is unrequited love and loneliness. 0 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... → 0 I hate politics. I like to write about it, but to get involved in it, to try and make a lot of ignorant people do what you want them to do, waste of... → 0 I'm not a prophet; I can only use historical reality to come to a view of the future, and my view is that Africa will return to being African and... → 0 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... → 0 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. 0 The really disturbing thing about Somalia is that in a country where there are few economic opportunities, pirates are perceived as glamorous and are... → 0 The whole structure of African government, as far back as we know, was based on tyranny. One guy ran the show. Chiefs like Chaka and Mzilikazi... → 0 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... → 0 I'm not perfect and I know it. I've done all sorts of things that are frowned upon these days - big-game hunting, fishing. I still enjoy... → 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 Ctrl → Add a quote!


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