Author: Wilbur Smith

Quotes

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.

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.

- Wilbur Smith

I never set out to write literature; I set out to tell stories. And some of my work may be very raunchy and very bloodthirsty - but life, for me, is a violent thing.

I never set out to write literature; I set out to tell stories. And some of my work may be very raunchy and very bloodthirsty - but life, for me, is a violent thing.

- Wilbur Smith

What I like about writing is the sense of godlike power it gives you.

What I like about writing is the sense of godlike power it gives you.

- Wilbur Smith

My father was my god. His approval was so valuable to me.

My father was my god. His approval was so valuable to me.

- Wilbur Smith

They say I'm worth either ?200 million, ?100 million, ?50 million or ?10 million, but that's something between God, the HMRC and myself.

They say I'm worth either ?200 million, ?100 million, ?50 million or ?10 million, but that's something between God, the HMRC and myself.

- Wilbur Smith

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