Wilbur Smith
Wilbur Smith
Wilbur Addison Smithis 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...
ProfessionNon-Fiction Author
Date of Birth9 January 1933
CityKabwe, Zambia
admire bit enormous pleasure sit work
I still get enormous pleasure and a sense of fulfillment out of writing a book that I'm proud of. I see myself as a bit like a jewel-maker who can sit back and admire his work.
great invariably life throws
Literature throws us many great heroes. Real life invariably outdoes them.
books bottom characters cute love powerful recent walking woman women
I'm a feminist. The women in my books in recent years have been powerful characters and I love to see a woman with a cute bottom walking past.
hate ignorant involved last people politics time waste
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 time. Go and write a book. It's more important and it'll last longer.
age age-and-aging best boy
I think that age was a big factor, as it should have been, because why would a 15-year-old boy do that to his best friend?
insanity jury verdict
I don't think there has been a jury verdict for insanity in my 35 years.
death died gods good monster novel words wrote
The first novel I wrote was a monster - clocking in at 180,000 words - but it died a death, a death it deserved. It was called 'The Gods First Make Mad.' It was a good title, but it was the only good thing about the book. I didn't let that put me off.
rivers today fountainhead
History is a river that never ends. Today is history, and I am here at the fountainhead.
kissing men color
The best cure for racism is to have somebody shoot at you. Man, it does not matter then what color the arse is that comes to save yours-black or white, you're ready to give it a big fat kiss.
book writing soul
I put my soul into every book I write.
book biographies backgrounds
I read a lot of biographies and books with an African background.
sea
I love the sea as much as I love the veldt of Africa.
fighting boxing enjoy
I know it's politically incorrect but I enjoy things like the kick boxing and cock fighting.
book may very-good
It's probably true that everyone has a book in them, although it may not be a very good one.