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.

I put my soul into every book I write.

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

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

What I like about writing is the sense of godlike power it gives you.

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.

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