William Boyd
William Boyd
William Boyd, CBEis a British novelist and screenwriter...
NationalityBritish
ProfessionNovelist
Date of Birth7 March 1952
absolutely bore england fleming however james knew subject
I can bore for England on the subject of James Bond. But I knew I couldn't do it frivolously; I had to take it very seriously, however much fun I was having. And I had to make myself, you know, absolutely steeped in Bond and in Fleming and that world.
driving happen realize road west
you realize that could happen on King's Road in West London, with that courier driving too fast.
living
It is probably no exaggeration to say that she is Britain's preeminent living novelist.
advantage good griffin mistakes took
Griffin is a very good team. We made a lot of mistakes early, and they took advantage of them.
money pay property road sell state toll
If you sell property of the state, state asset, which the toll road is, the money has to go to pay down the debt. Just the same as if you sell your house, you have to pay for that mortgage.
analysis bill came five legal paid
I'm one of five individuals who paid to have a legal analysis of the bill done, and that analysis came back and said it is not constitutional.
lasts about-yourself knows
The last thing you know about yourself is your effect.
fall hair mad
I have this lock of hair that keeps falling across my forehead. It drives me mad.
suffering film
There is a disconnect between the film Bond and the literary Bond which is their contemporaneity. I don't suffer from that.
thinking retro
I don't think they'll ever make a retro Bond.
thinking veins encounters
Do we change every time we have a new encounter? Are we endlessly mutable? I think these are fascinating questions: it's a rich vein to tap, and I don't think I have exhausted it fully yet.
certain novel
There's a sense in all my novels that nothing is certain.
hard-work artist way
To live as an artist requires hard work or some extraordinary good fortune to come your way.
book successful novel
I know many older writers who were very successful and whose books are now out of print, so you have to go to antiquarian booksellers to buy their fifth or eighth novel or whatever it is.