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

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

Every time one of my books sells a million copies in paperback, Pan Macmillan gives me a gold statuette of Pan. I have about 20 of them.

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 and be categorised as an adventure novelist because that's exactly what I am.

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

I grew up in Rhodesia on my father's ranch and every year he used to take us on safari in some remote area of the wilderness.

I love the sea as much as I love the veldt of Africa.