Surround yourself with human beings, my dear James. They are easier to fight for than principles.

Once is happenstance. Twice is coincidence. Three times is enemy action

You only live twice:
Once when you are born
And once when you look death in the face

I don't regard James Bond precisely as a hero, but at least he does get on and do his duty, in an extremely corny way.

One of the bibles of my youth was 'Birds of the West Indies,' by James Bond, a well-known ornithologist, and when I was casting about for a name for my protagonist I thought, 'My God, that's the dullest name I've ever heard,' so I appropriated it. Now the dullest name in the world has become an exciting one.

People do connect me with James Bond simply because I happen to like scrambled eggs and short-sleeved shirts and some of the things that James Bond does, but I certainly haven't got his guts nor his very lively appetites.