All the greatest men are maniacs. They are possessed by a mania which drives them forward towards thier goal. The great scientists,… — Ian Fleming Copy Share Image
When I wrote the first [Bond novel] in 1953, I wanted Bond to be an extremely dull, uninteresting man to whom things… — Ian Fleming Copy Share Image
As a result of 50 years of emancipation, feminine qualities were dying out or being transferred to the males. Pansies of both… — Ian Fleming Copy Share Image
But I am greedy for life. I do too much of everything all the time. Suddenly one day my heart will fail.… — Ian Fleming Copy Share Image
I think it's the same with all the relationships between a man and a woman. They can survive anything so long as… — Ian Fleming Copy Share Image
And don't get hurt,' [Dexter] added. 'There's no one to help you up there. And don't go stirring up a lot of… — Ian Fleming Copy Share Image
“These blithering women who thought they could do a man's work. Why the hell couldn't they stay at home and mind their… — Ian Fleming Copy Share Image
Before a man's forty, girls cost nothing. After that you have to pay money, or tell a story. Of the two, it's… — Ian Fleming Copy Share Image
Le Chiffre was serving a wonderful purpose, a really vital purpose, perhaps the best and highest purpose of all. By his evil… — Ian Fleming Copy Share Image
I'm looking for Commander James Bond, not an overgrown stunt man. [on meeting Sean Connery] — Ian Fleming Copy Share Image
Bond always mistrusted short men. They grew up from childhood with an inferiority complex. All their lives they would strive to be… — Ian Fleming Copy Share Image
Most marriages don't add two people together. They subtract one from the other. — Ian Fleming Copy Share Image
All women love semi-rape. They love to be taken.It was his sweet brutality against my bruised body that made his act of love so… — Ian Fleming Copy Share Image
“Shooting hell out of a piece of cardboard doesn't prove anything' was his single-line introduction to the Small-arms Defence Manual.” — Ian Fleming Copy Share Image
“Mr Bond, they have a saying in Chicago: 'Once is happenstance. Twice is coincidence. The third time it's enemy action'.” — Ian Fleming Copy Share Image
“There was no sign of life round the domed emplacement of the Moonraker, and the concrete, already beginning to shimmer in the early morning… — Ian Fleming Copy Share Image
“Somebody said that to become very rich you have to be helped by a combination of remarkable circumstances and an unbroken run of luck.” — Ian Fleming Copy Share Image
All the greatest men are maniacs. They are possessed by a mania which drives them forward towards thier goal. The great scientists, the philosophers,… — Ian Fleming Copy Share Image