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

- Wilbur Smith

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…

- Wilbur Smith

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

- Wilbur Smith

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

- Wilbur Smith

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

- Wilbur Smith

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 …

- Wilbur Smith

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.

- Wilbur Smith

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

- Wilbur Smith

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.

- Wilbur Smith