I had still never read one of the Bond books when the movie Dr. No came out.

Any stupid remark, quoted often enough, becomes gospel.

It should cause no surprise that anyone so lazy as myself should be economical to the point of miserliness with everything he writes.

For there is a price ticket on everything that puts a whizz into life, and adventure follows the rule. It's distressing, but there you are.

The gleam in their eyes telegraphs only too clearly that they are hoping for a headline, which of course means something disparaging, because nothing makes such good copy as a feud.

I am an absurd idealist. But I believe that all that must come true. For, unless it comes true, the world will be laid desolate. And I believe that it can come true.

Everything I write is designed to be milked to the last drop of revenue.

If I didn't see its place in the Saga when I planned it, I probably wouldn't write it at all.

The chase of the whirlwind is vanity.

The first version of everything is janky.

One never accomplishes the will of God by breaking the law of God, violating the principles of God, or ignoring the wisdom of God.

Inspiration is for amateurs. professionals work everyday. Personally the best inspiration is a deadline.

God finally caught his eye.

Thoughts that voluntary move Harmonious numbers.

...the greatest political problem facing the world today is...how to curb the oppressive power of government, how to keep it within reasonable bounds.

Truth is something that we can attempt to doubt, and then perhaps, after much exertion, discover that part of the doubt is not justified.

Beware of the person of one book.

I grew up in an entertainment family, and so I saw how susceptible you are to the ups and downs of this business.