Ian Fleming
Ian Fleming
Ian Lancaster Flemingwas an English author, journalist and naval intelligence officer who is best known for his James Bond series of spy novels. Fleming came from a wealthy family connected to the merchant bank Robert Fleming & Co., and his father was the Member of Parliament for Henley from 1910 until his death on the Western Front in 1917. Educated at Eton, Sandhurst and, briefly, the universities of Munich and Geneva, Fleming moved through several jobs before he started writing...
NationalityBritish
ProfessionNovelist
Date of Birth28 May 1908
CityLondon, England
I shall not waste my days in trying to prolong them. I shall use my time.
To celebrate the centenary of Ian Fleming's birth in 2008 we are looking at a wide range of different activities and one of those is a new adult Bond novel ... We are still in the planning stages, but at the moment the idea would be to have it done by an established author - potentially a big name.
A horse is dangerous at both ends and uncomfortable in the middle.
To come and see them live at a small track has appeal.
This country-right-or-wrong business is getting a little out-of-date.. History is moving pretty quickly these days and the heroes and villains keep on changing parts.
Never say 'no' to adventures. Always say 'yes', otherwise you'll lead a very dull life.
Writing about 2,000 words in three hours every morning, 'Casino Royale' dutifully produced itself. I wrote nothing and made no corrections until the book was finished. If I had looked back at what I had written the day before I might have despaired.
I'm not in the Shakespeare stakes. I have no ambition.
Never say 'no' to adventures.
Our prisons are full of people who think they're Napoleon..or God.
It’s just that I’d rather die of drink than of thirst.
Shaken and not stirred.
...Goldfinger could not have known that high tension was Bond's natural way of life and that pressure and danger relaxed him.
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.