Ian Fleming

Older women are best because they always think they may be doing it for the last time.

— Ian Fleming

He provides a vision. He often reminds countries of their responsibilities in a way that makes it seem not only like a…

— Ian Fleming

Like all harsh, cold men, he was easily tipped over into sentiment.

— Ian Fleming

“For, or so they whispered, she would take the camp-stool and draw it up close below the face of the man or…

— Ian Fleming

One of the bibles of my youth was 'Birds of the West Indies,' by James Bond, a well-known ornithologist, and when I…

— Ian Fleming

“Clusters of bats hung like bunches of withered grapes from the roof and when, from time to time, either Kerim's head or…

— Ian Fleming

“The Germans, anyway a hysterical race, are now almost maddened by overwork—particularly in the management class. They spend their days in their…

— Ian Fleming

“He says that courage is a capital sum reduced by expenditure.”

— Ian Fleming

Against the background of this luminous and sparkling stage Bond stood in the sunshine and felt his mission to be incongruous and…

— Ian Fleming

“That all these buildings strike me and most Berliners as quite hideous cannot alter the fact that only by these vertical means…

— Ian Fleming

Never say 'no' to adventures. Always say 'yes', otherwise you'll lead a very dull life.

— Ian Fleming

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

Everyone has the revolver of resignation in his pocket.

— Ian Fleming

“When I get on an aircraft all I can see outside is wing.’ The American next to her had said, ‘Listen, Ma’am,…

— Ian Fleming

“This girl will only do these things on one condition.’ M.’s eyes narrowed until they were fierce, significant slits. ‘That you go…

— Ian Fleming

“It should have been the Arabian Nights, but to Bond, seeing it first above the tops of trams and above the great…

— Ian Fleming

“James Bond, with two double bourbons inside him, sat in the final departure lounge of Miami Airport and thought about life and…

— Ian Fleming

There is only one recipe for a best seller and it is a very simple one. You have to get the reader…

— Ian Fleming

Bond didn't defend the practice. He simply maintained that the more effort and ingenuity you put into gambling, the more you took…

— Ian Fleming

“There was a sharp ‘phut’, no louder than a bubble of air escaping from a tube of toothpaste. No other noise at…

— Ian Fleming

“they came up with the idea that I should make a round-trip of the most exciting cities of the world and describe…

— Ian Fleming

“And now that you have seen a really evil man, you will know how evil they can be and you will go…

— Ian Fleming

“If you fail at the large things it means you have not large ambitions. Concentration, focus - that is all. The aptitudes…

— Ian Fleming

“He asked nothing better than to kill an Englishman. He had accounts to settle with the bastards.”

— Ian Fleming

“Bond liked fast cars and he liked driving them. Most American cars bored him. ... All the fun of driving had been…

— Ian Fleming