Leslie Charteris Quotes & Sayings
12 most famous Leslie Charteris quotes and sayings. These are the first 10 quotes we have for him. He was a Singaporean writer who passed away on 15 April, 1993.
“The gleam in their eyes telegraphs only too clearly that they are hoping for a headline, which of course means something disparaging, because nothing makes such good copy as a feud.”
“He believes in romance. He isn't merely going through the mechanical movements of a man in an exciting situation. He is, vitally and positively squeezing the last drop of delight from living the best life he knows in the best way he can.”
“In 1938, when I had decided that the only way to see the country was in a trailer, and I built the trailer which I still have and lived in it for eighteen months, and learned America from San Diego to the Canadian border, from Miami to New Jersey, and east to west in between.”
“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.”
“About the Saint's amorous adventures, by the way, I can't speak so brazenly.”
“Everything I write is designed to be milked to the last drop of revenue.”
“For there is a price ticket on everything that puts a whizz into life, and adventure follows the rule. It's distressing, but there you are.”
“I had still never read one of the Bond books when the movie Dr. No came out.”
“If I didn't see its place in the Saga when I planned it, I probably wouldn't write it at all.”
“In 1939 I hadn't even realized that this was an immigration problem.”
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