If I Wait For The Genius To

Like All Harsh, Cold Men, He Was Easily Tipped Over Into Sentiment.

Before A Man's Forty, Girls Cost Nothing. After That You Have To Pay Money, Or Tell A Story. Of The Two, It's The Story That Hurts Most. Anyway I'm Not Forty Yet.

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 Am A Poet In Deeds--not Often In Words.

But I Am Greedy For Life. I Do Too Much Of Everything All The Time. Suddenly One Day My Heart Will Fail. The Iron Crab Will Get Me As It Got My Father. But I Am Not Afraid Of The Crab. At Least I Shall Have Died From An Honourable Disease. Perhaps They Will Put On My Tombstone. 'this Man Died From Living Too Much'.