I'm looking for Commander James Bond, not an overgrown stunt man. [on meeting Sean Connery] Ian Fleming More Quotes by Ian Fleming More Quotes From Ian Fleming I shall not waste my days in trying to prolong them. Ian Fleming timewittymotivational Once is happenstance. Twice is coincidence. Three times is enemy action. Ian Fleming destinyhumorouswitty You only live twice. Once when you are born and once when you look death in the face. Ian Fleming facesdeathlooks All the greatest men are maniacs. They are possessed by a mania which drives them forward towards thier goal. The great scientists, the philosophers, the religious leaders - all maniacs. What else but a blind singlenee of purpose could have given focus to thier genius, would have kept them in the groove of purpose. Mania... is as priceless as genius. Ian Fleming goalreligiousmen History is moving pretty quickly these days, and the heroes and villains keep on changing parts. Ian Fleming villainheromoving Loneliness becomes a lover, solitude a darling sin. Ian Fleming solitudeloversloneliness The gain to the winner is always less than the loss to the loser. Ian Fleming gainsloserloss Worry is a dividend paid to disaster before it is due Ian Fleming disasterduesworry There is only one recipe for a best seller and it is a very simple one. You have to get the reader to turn over the page. Ian Fleming pagesrecipessimple I always make it a rule never to look back. Otherwise, I'd ask myself how I could write such piffle and live with myself, day after day. Ian Fleming askswritinglooks They want us dead,' said Bond calmly. 'So we have to stay alive. Ian Fleming alivewantsaid People are islands,' she said. 'They don't really touch. However close they are, they're really quite separate. Even if they've been married for fifty years. Ian Fleming islandsrelationshipyears Unfortunately most ways of making big money take a long time. By the time one has made the money one is too old to enjoy it. Ian Fleming madelongway Everyone has the revolver of resignation in his pocket. Ian Fleming revolverresignationpockets If I wait for the genius to come, it just doesn't arrive. Ian Fleming geniusifswaiting 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. Ian Fleming namesmendull I think it's the same with all the relationships between a man and a woman. They can survive anything so long as some kind of basic humanity exists between the two people. When all kindness has gone, when one person obviously and sincerely doesn't care if the other is alive or dead, then it's just no good. -- from Quantum of Solace Ian Fleming kindnessmenthinking Bond didn't defend the practice. He simply maintained that the more effort and ingenuity you put into gambling, the more you took out. Ian Fleming gamblingeffortpractice Love of life is born of the awareness of death, of the dread of it. Ian Fleming love-lifeawarenesslife-is He was a secret agent, and still alive thanks to his exact attention to the detail of his profession. Ian Fleming detailssecretattention
