If you interrupt the writing of fast narrative with too much introspection and self-criticism, you will be lucky if you write 500 words a day and you….

Everything I write has a precedent in truth..

The gain to the winner is always less than the loss to the loser..

Bond reflected that good Americans were fine people and that most of them seemed to come from Texas..

You only live twice. Once when you are born and once when you look death in the face..

He could not just wear a watch. It had to be a Rolex..

I would stay away from him and leave him to go his own road where there would be other women, countless other women, who would probably give him as m….

It was the same with the whole Russian machine. Fear was the impulse. For them it was always safer to advance than retreat. Advance against the enemy….

A medium Vodka dry Martini - with a slice of lemon peel. Shaken and not stirred..

Englishmen are so odd. They are like a nest of Chinese boxes. It takes a very long time to get to the centre of them. When one gets there the result ….

These blithering women who thought they could do a man's work. Why the hell couldn't they stay at home and mind their pots and pans and stick to thei….

Writing about 2,000 words in three hours every morning, 'Casino Royale' dutifully produced itself. I wrote nothing and made no corrections until the ….

Once is happenstance. Twice is coincidence. Three times is enemy action..

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

Our prisons are full of people who think they're Napoleon..or God..

It was the short men that caused all the trouble in the world..

Never say 'no' to adventures..

Worry is a dividend paid to disaster before it is due.

Everyone has the revolver of resignation in his pocket..

I'm not in the Shakespeare stakes. I have no ambition..

Surround yourself with human beings, my dear James. They are easier to fight for than principles..