Ian Fleming Quotes & Sayings (Page 2)

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

“This country-right-or-wrong business is getting a little out-of-date.. History is moving pretty quickly these days and the heroes and villains keep on changing parts.”

“A horse is dangerous at both ends and uncomfortable in the middle.”

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

“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 Bond does, but I certainly haven't got his guts nor his very lively appetites.”

“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 finished. If I had looked back at what I had written the day before I might have despaired.”

“Most marriages don't add two people together. They subtract one from the other.”

“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.”

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

“If I wait for the genius to come, it just doesn't arrive.”