All Quotes

I have done everything I have ever wanted to do. I have swum with tiger sharks, been charged by lions and elephants. I have been shot three times, chased by crocodiles and, God be praised, I've made enough money that I can continue to do all the things I want to for as long as I am able. ”

There are people out there with an eye on my hard-earned cash who think that I am a pushover. I am not! ”

There's nothing so aphrodisiacal for a woman as money and success. ”

You don't turn out as many books as I did then by sitting around, being cozy with the family. ”

I know it's politically incorrect but I enjoy things like the kick boxing and cock fighting. ”

Usually halfway through a book I have a serious depression, so I go on safari on my ranch in South Africa, or fishing off my island in the Seychelles. When I come back and re-read it, I think: 'What was all that about, Smith? It's fine, just get on with it.' ”

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. ”

I'm not a good father and they're not children any more; the eldest is in his fifties. My relationship with their mothers broke down and, because of what the law was, they went with their mothers and were imbued with their mothers' morality in life and they were not my people any more. ”

Despite the fact that I spend a lot of time in London, Switzerland and New York, Africa is the place I know and love best, and my heart will always lie here. ”

I live in Cape Town but my favourite holiday destination is Hermanus, a little seaside town about a 90-minute drive away, over the pass and down to the sea, on the sunshine coast. It's where I love to escape to with my wife for a weekend every now and again. ”