It was the short men that caused all the trouble in the world.

...Goldfinger could not have known that high tension was Bond's natural way of life and that pressure and danger relaxed him.

He provides a vision. He often reminds countries of their responsibilities in a way that makes it seem not only like a legal obligation but a moral responsibility.

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.

She explained to me later that she must have been possessed by a subconscious desire to be raped. Well she found me in the mountains and she was raped - by me.

If you interrupt the writing of fast narrative with too much introspection and self-criticism, you will be lucky if you write 500 words a day and you will be disgusted with them into the bargain. By following my formula, you write 2,000 words a day and you aren’t disgusted with them until the book is finished, which will be in about six weeks.