Phrase by 'Wilbur Smith'

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I think one of the most poignant things is unrequited love and loneliness.

Author: Wilbur Smith - Novelist
  Love , Think , Things , Loneliness


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.

Author: Wilbur Smith - Novelist
  Great , Lion , Chicken , Snake


Many people have compared me to the Victorian adventure writer, Rider Haggard. I accept that as a compliment. As a boy growing up in Central Africa I read all Haggard's African novels.

Author: Wilbur Smith - Novelist
  Me , People , Boy , Adventure


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.

Author: Wilbur Smith - Novelist
  Love , Wife , Sea , Sunshine


I shot my first lion at the age of 14 when a pride threatened my father's livestock while he was away on holiday.

Author: Wilbur Smith - Novelist
  Father , Age , Lion , Pride


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 not European. The advent of colonialism was foreign to the country itself, but it will return to what it was before the Europeans arrived.

Author: Wilbur Smith - Novelist
  View , Reality , Future , Country


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.

Author: Wilbur Smith - Novelist
  Sometimes , Enjoy , Not Perfect , Fishing


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 And American Literature.' To this day I keep it on the shelf between my collection of Forester's works and the little urn that contains my mother's ashes.

Author: Wilbur Smith - Novelist
  Day , Best , Age , Mother


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.

Author: Wilbur Smith - Novelist
  Mind , Story , Environment , Create


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.

Author: Wilbur Smith - Novelist
  You , People , Black , Mind


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