Ian Fleming
Ian Fleming
Ian Lancaster Flemingwas an English author, journalist and naval intelligence officer who is best known for his James Bond series of spy novels. Fleming came from a wealthy family connected to the merchant bank Robert Fleming & Co., and his father was the Member of Parliament for Henley from 1910 until his death on the Western Front in 1917. Educated at Eton, Sandhurst and, briefly, the universities of Munich and Geneva, Fleming moved through several jobs before he started writing...
NationalityBritish
ProfessionNovelist
Date of Birth28 May 1908
CityLondon, England
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.
I shall not waste my days in trying to prolong them. I shall use my time.
I shall not waste my days in trying to prolong them.
Everyone has the revolver of resignation in his pocket.
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
Loneliness becomes a lover, solitude a darling sin.
Surround yourself with human beings, my dear James. They are easier to fight for than principles.
At gambling, the deadly sin is to mistake bad play for bad luck.
They want us dead,' said Bond calmly. 'So we have to stay alive.
A gentleman's choice of timepiece says as much about him as does his Saville Row suit.
And then one day when you're playing your little game you'll suddenly find yourself pinned down like a butterfly.
He shrugged his shoulders to shift the pain of failure---the pain that is so much greater than the pleasure of success.
It’s just that I’d rather die of drink than of thirst.
A woman should be an illusion