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Quote by Wilbur Smith

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

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Wilbur Smith, born on January 9, 1933, is a renowned novelist from South Africa. His works, set in the African backdrop, depict rich history and culture, which have won him a large following among readers. more

“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.”

People Ifs Thinking Mind Form Political Certain Speak Black Worst Terrorist Minorities Censorship Political Correctness Correctness Speak Your Mind

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“There's nothing so aphrodisiacal for a woman as money and success.”

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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.”

Years My Own Half Huge Goes On Areas Boat Fantastic Beach Islands Wilderness Hunting Acres Safari Jetty

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“People don't really know themselves until they're 30. Like most people nowadays, I went to university, got a degree and wandered for a bit. I trained to be a chartered accountant, which I didn't much enjoy, and it was only slowly that the idea of becoming a creative writer gelled.”

People Knows Ideas Bits Enjoy Creative Becoming Degrees University Accountants Creative Writers

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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.”

Thinking Way Character Bigs Pieces Dialogue

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“Every time one of my books sells a million copies in paperback, Pan Macmillan gives me a gold statuette of Pan. I have about 20 of them.”

Giving Book Millions Gold Give Me Sells Copies

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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.”

I Can Species Southern Closets Blackbirds

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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?”

Want Should Children Littles Perfect Strange Monsters Should I

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“I grew up in Rhodesia on my father's ranch and every year he used to take us on safari in some remote area of the wilderness.”

Years Used Father Grew Grew Up Areas Wilderness Safari Rhodesia

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“I have never had too much trouble for creative ideas to spring up in my mind.”

Mind Ideas Creative Too Much Trouble Spring Creative Ideas

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