The reason is that for many years I have avoided reading anything whatsoever that approaches my own line of country, out of a somewhat fanatical desire to avoid the risk of unconscious imitation. — Leslie Charteris Copy Share Image
If I didn't see its place in the Saga when I planned it, I probably wouldn't write it at all. — Leslie Charteris Copy Share Image
“That, he said, was the way he stayed young—by refusing to take anything quite as seriously as he should have done.” — Leslie Charteris Copy Share Image
I am an absurd idealist. But I believe that all that must come true. For, unless it comes true, the world will be laid… — Leslie Charteris Copy Share Image
The gleam in their eyes telegraphs only too clearly that they are hoping for a headline, which of course means something disparaging, because nothing… — Leslie Charteris Copy Share Image
I am an absurd idealist. But I believe that all that must come true. For, unless it comes true, the world will be laid… — Leslie Charteris Copy Share Image
The reason is that for many years I have avoided reading anything whatsoever that approaches my own line of country, out of a somewhat… — Leslie Charteris Copy Share Image
“if you’d only met her in Gotham, for instance, I should have had a song all ready for you. When you came in, I… — Leslie Charteris Copy Share Image
I had still never read one of the Bond books when the movie Dr. No came out. — Leslie Charteris Copy Share Image
Others, amounting to four novels and a mess of short stories which I did not think worth preserving, I have done my best to… — Leslie Charteris Copy Share Image
About the Saint's amorous adventures, by the way, I can't speak so brazenly. — Leslie Charteris Copy Share Image
