He Shrugged His Shoulders To

Surround Yourself With Human Beings, My Dear James. They Are Easier To Fight For Than Principles.

I'm Not In The Shakespeare Stakes. I Have No Ambition.

He Was A Secret Agent, And Still Alive Thanks To His Exact Attention To The Detail Of His Profession.

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.

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.