You Don't Turn Out As Many Books

I Have Never Had Too Much Trouble For Creative Ideas To Spring Up In My Mind.

At The Age Of 12 I Won The School Prize For Best English Essay. The Prize Was A Copy Of Somerset Maugham's 'introduction To Modern English And American Literature.' To This Day I Keep It On The Shelf Between My Collection Of Forester's Works And The Little Urn That Contains My Mother's Ashes.

I Write My Books In My Head, And Not In A Specific Study With A View. The View Is From My Inner Eyes.

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.'

They Do Say That Socialism Is The Ideal Philosophy-just As Long As You Have Capitalists To Pay For It.