I write my books in my head, and not in a specific study with a view. The view is from my inner eyes..

They do say that socialism is the ideal philosophy-just as long as you have capitalists to pay for it..

Litigation only makes lawyers fat..

It was this same Jesus, the Christ who, among many other remarkable things, said and repeated something which, proceeding from any other being would ….

It's a strange paradox that a man gifted with too many talents can fritter them all away without developing a single one to its full..

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

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 isl….

beware of your most implacable enemy-yourself..

It's probably true that everyone has a book in them, although it may not be a very good one..

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

Politicians all over the world cater to domestic vote banks. They will spend only on what their constituents want. So unless there is a grass root gr….

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 wanted to be a great white hunter, a prospector for gold, or a slave trader. But then, when I was eight, my parents sent me to a boarding school in….

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….

Failure makes success so much sweeter, and allows you to thumb your nose at the crowds..

History is a river that never ends. Today is history, and I am here at the fountainhead..

Cape Town's beaches are superb and while the water on the Atlantic side is damn cold, it's very pleasant on the other side. Bring your golf clubs if ….

When I vacate this sack of old bones I won't care what you do with it. Bury or burn it but don't make much fuss..

A man follows the path laid out for him. He does his duty to God and his King. He does what he must do, not what pleases him. God's truth, boy, what ….

Write for yourself, not for a perceived audience. If you do, you'll mostly fall flat on your face, because it's impossible to judge what people want.….

I read all of Rider Haggard's books. For me he had the romance of Africa with a little bit of mysticism. I'm delighted to be looked on as his heir an….