My Mental Hands Were Empty, And I

It's No Good Protecting People Or Even Looking After Them Past A Certain Point. One Can't Grasp More Than A Piece Of Anyone. Most Of The Rest Can Only Be Protected By Themselves And The Remainder By Hired Specialists And Doctors And Dentists And Professional Protectors.

He Could Not Just Wear A Watch. It Had To Be A Rolex.

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.

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 Was Casting Around For A Name For My Protagonist I Thought By God, [james Bond] Is The Dullest Name I Ever Heard.

I Have Always Smoked And Drunk And Loved Too Much. In Fact I Have Lived Not Too Long But Too Much. One Day The Iron Crab Will Get Me. Then I Shall Have Died Of Living Too Much.