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Literature throws us many great heroes. Real life invariably outdoes them.
- Wilbur Smith
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#Life
#Literature
#Real
#Us
My first novel was rejected by some of the most eminent publishers in the world. Starting again was a real wrench.
- Wilbur Smith
#Again
#First
#Most
#Real
#World
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 a novel. Each time I say, 'I think I may retire now' and then after six months the ideas start to churn again. I could never stop.
- Wilbur Smith
#Ideas
#Know
#Never Stop
#Start
#Time
Real men read my books.
- Wilbur Smith
#Books
#Men
#Read
#Real
What I like about writing is the sense of godlike power it gives you.
- Wilbur Smith
#About
#Like
#Power
#Sense
#Writing
They say if you drink Zambezi water with your mother's milk, you are always a slave of Africa, and I am.
- Wilbur Smith
#I Am
#Milk
#Mother
#They Say
#Water
The mistake the apartheid government made was they gave the black people nothing, so they had nothing to lose. But now a lot of the former freedom-fighters are big-time capitalists. They've been given directorships in every major company. They're billionaires!
- Wilbur Smith
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#Government
#Lose
#Mistake
#People
I live in Cape Town but my favourite holiday destination is Hermanus, a little seaside town about a 90-minute drive away, over the pass and down to the sea, on the sunshine coast. It's where I love to escape to with my wife for a weekend every now and again.
- Wilbur Smith
#Destination
#Live
#Love
#Sunshine
#Wife
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 fishing but I don't kill warm-blooded animals any more - I make an exception with birds sometimes.
- Wilbur Smith
#Fishing
#Not Perfect
#Perfect
#Sometimes
I've eaten lion, leopard, crocodile, python. I don't recommend lion. It tastes exactly like when a tomcat comes into your house and sprays. Snake and crocodile are great - a cross between lobster and chicken.
- Wilbur Smith
#Chicken
#Great
#House
#Lion
#Snake
I used to own an island in the Seychelles and had a big boat there and one day I came across some Somali pirates who were passing by on their way to re-provision their boat. They didn't even acknowledge me - which is unheard of among sailors - and it was like looking into the eyes of a black mamba.
- Wilbur Smith
#Black
#Day
#Eyes
#Looking
#Me
I think one of the most poignant things is unrequited love and loneliness.
- Wilbur Smith
#I Think
#Loneliness
#Love
#Things
#Think
I believe that a healthy body breeds a healthy mind. I am 74 years old now and my wife, Niso, is 38 years younger than me. She absolutely insists that I take regular exercise with her.
- Wilbur Smith
#Exercise
#I Am
#Me
#Mind
#Wife
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
#Eye
#Me
#She
#Smile
#Speak
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 unless you're a terrorist, or unless you're an Arab or a minority people. Then you can say what you like. But if you are like a lot of us you are not supposed to say certain things.
- Wilbur Smith
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#Mind
#People
#Political
#Speak
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