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

I shot my first lion at the age of 14 when a pride threatened my father's livestock while he was away on holiday.

I'm not a prophet I can only use historical reality to come to a view of the future, and my view is that Africa will return to being African and not European. The advent of colonialism was foreign to the country itself, but it will return to what it was before the Europeans arrived.

Sometimes it is best for men not to attempt to interfere with destiny. Our prayers can be answered in ways which we do not expect and do not welcome.

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

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