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.

I take a ridiculous pleasure in what I eat and drink. It comes partly from being a bachelor, but mostly from a habit of taking a lot of trouble over details. It's very persnickety and old-maidish really, but then when I'm working I generally have to eat my meals alone and it makes them more interesting when one takes trouble.

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

I'm looking for Commander James Bond, not an overgrown stunt man. [on meeting Sean Connery]

A gentleman's choice of timepiece says as much about him as does his Saville Row suit.

The scent and smoke and sweat of a casino are nauseating at three in the morning.

Our prisons are full of people who think they're Napoleon..or God.