Ian Fleming Quotes

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• Never job backwards. What might have been was a waste of time. Backwards
• When I wrote the first [Bond novel] in 1953, I wanted Bond to be an extremely dull, uninteresting man to whom things happened... when I… Bond
• Bond didn't defend the practice. He simply maintained that the more effort and ingenuity you put into gambling, the more you took out. Bond
• As for sex, well, I mean sex is a perfectly respectable subject as far as Shakespeare is concerned. I mean, all history is love and… All
• I don't regard James Bond precisely as a hero, but at least he does get on and do his duty, in an extremely corny way. Bond
• I'm not in the Shakespeare stakes. I have no ambition. Ambition
• If I wait for the genius to come, it just doesn't arrive. Arrive
• As a result of 50 years of emancipation, feminine qualities were dying out or being transferred to the males. Pansies of both sexes were everywhere,… Both
• I was just on the edge of getting married, and I was frenzied at the prospect of this great step in my life after having… Agony
• People do connect me with James Bond simply because I happen to like scrambled eggs and short-sleeved shirts and some of the things that James… Appetite
• Writing about 2,000 words in three hours every morning, 'Casino Royale' dutifully produced itself. I wrote nothing and made no corrections until the book was… Book
• A medium Vodka dry Martini - with a slice of lemon peel. Shaken and not stirred. Dry
• Once is happenstance. Twice is coincidence. Three times is enemy action. Action
• One of the bibles of my youth was 'Birds of the West Indies,' by James Bond, a well-known ornithologist, and when I was casting about… Appropriated
• Most marriages don't add two people together. They subtract one from the other. Add
• Bond reflected that good Americans were fine people and that most of them seemed to come from Texas. American
• It was the short men that caused all the trouble in the world. All
• Surround yourself with human beings, my dear James. They are easier to fight for than principles. Beings
• He was a secret agent, and still alive thanks to his exact attention to the detail of his profession. Agent
• Everyone has the revolver of resignation in his pocket. Everyone

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