History is a river that never ends. Today is history, and I am here at the fountainhead.

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.

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 kind of world would this be if every man did what pleased him alone? Who would plough the fields and reap the harvest, if every man had the right to say, 'I don't want to do that.' In this world there is a place for every man, but every man must know his place.

The best cure for racism is to have somebody shoot at you. Man, it does not matter then what color the arse is that comes to save yours-black or white, you're ready to give it a big fat kiss.

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

I want to be seen as a good storyteller. I'm a manipulator as well.

History is a river that never ends. Today is history, and I am here at the fountainhead.