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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.

~Wilbur Smith

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I don't know how many lions and leopards I've shot. I've shot two elephants, which was enough - never again. It's a melancholy and moving thing to hunt an elephant. It's like shooting an old man.

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

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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.

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For the past few years my fans have made it very clear that they would like to read my novels and revisit my family of characters faster than I can write them. For them, I am willing to make a change to my working methods so the stories in my head can reach the page more frequently.

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My mama loved books; I became fascinated by the wonderful stories that came out of these things she held in her hand - and started to make them up myself.

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The first story I ever sold was to 'Argosy' magazine, which no longer exists. That issue also contained work by several other more celebrated writers, like Ray Bradbury - so I felt I had at least one toe on the ladder.

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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.

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My first novel was rejected by some of the most eminent publishers in the world. Starting again was a real wrench.

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

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Biography

Nationality: Unknown

Type: Novelist

Born: January 9th, 1933

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