William Boyd is a British novelist and screenwriter. He is the author of several acclaimed novels, including A Good Man in Africa, which tells the story of a young British diplomat trying to navigate life in West Africa. The novel was shortlisted for the Booker Prize and adapted into a film in 1994.
Time spent laughing is time spent with the gods.
William Boyd – A Good Man in Africa
Love is like a virus. It can happen to anybody at any time.
William Boyd – A Good Man in Africa
The only real failure is the failure to try.
William Boyd – A Good Man in Africa
Sometimes you’re flush and sometimes you’re bust, and when you’re up, it’s never as good as it seems, and when you’re down, you never think you’ll be up again.
William Boyd – A Good Man in Africa
It’s not the load that breaks you down, it’s the way you carry it.
William Boyd – A Good Man in Africa
We are all apprentices in a craft where no one ever becomes a master.
William Boyd – A Good Man in Africa
The best way to find out if you can trust somebody is to trust them.
William Boyd – A Good Man in Africa
Adventure is not outside man; it is within.
William Boyd – A Good Man in Africa