A woman should be an illusion

One of the bibles of my youth was 'Birds of the West Indies,' by James Bond, a well-known ornithologist, and when I was casting about for a name for my protagonist I thought, 'My God, that's the dullest name I've ever heard,' so I appropriated it. Now the dullest name in the world has become an exciting one.

Bond reflected that good Americans were fine people and that most of them seemed to come from Texas.

I don't regard James Bond precisely as a hero, but at least he does get on and do his duty, in an extremely corny way.

At gambling, the deadly sin is to mistake bad play for bad luck.

Against the background of this luminous and sparkling stage Bond stood in the sunshine and felt his mission to be incongruous and remote and his dark profession an affront to his fellow actors.

The World Is Not Enough