Wilbur Smith Quotes

I believe that a healthy body breeds a healthy mind. I am 74 years old now and my wife, Niso, is 38 years younger than me. She absolutely insists that I take regular exercise with her.

Wilbur Smith

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: novelist
  • Nationality:
  • Birth: January 9, 1933

Topics

WifeI AmMindMeBelieveBody

A symphony is no joke.

Johannes Brahms

JokeSymphony

Courtesy is the one coin you can never have too much of or be stingy with.

John Wanamaker

YouToo MuchCourtesyNeverCoin

Coming back to the UFC was huge. I was ready for the spotlight for the first time.

Robbie Lawler

TimeBackReadyFirst TimeFirst

I'lI say this: I recall entering Congress in 1971 and being called a 'feminist' by members of my own party as if it was a dirty word. They didn't realize that I wore that label as a badge of honor.

Ron Dellums

HonorDirtyPartySayMy OwnOwn

Few things are more painful than being a successful writer born in a small country with an impenetrable language.

Michael Korda

SmallLanguageBornCountryMore

I've been asked whether I have a hobby, and have felt strangely offended that anyone would assume I have the time.

Mitski

TimeHobbyOffendedAssumeBeen

So often when we historicize material, we use this big wide-angle lens.

Jonathan Evison

LensBigUseMaterialOften

I think stories can grow out of the visual. It can be an engine for literacy.

Chris Riddell

ThinkGrowOutEngineLiteracy

I'm from the middle of nowhere in Somerset, and if I have too much stimulus or chaos, then I tend to not be as creative.

Alice Temperley

CreativeChaosToo MuchMiddleMuch

In nonfiction, you have that limitation, that constraint, of telling the truth.

Peter Matthiessen

TruthYouTelling The TruthTelling

I love stories about women, and I think stories about women are generally pretty underrepresented.

Scott Rudin

LoveWomenThinkPrettyWomen Are

I'm crass, contemptuous and crude, obstreperous, obnoxious, rambunctiously raw and rude.

Mario Cantone

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