Terence Young

There was no actual person who was James Bond, despite all the books.

Transforming a line like that makes it into a belly laugh instead of a laugh against us.

Bond was how Fleming saw himself; the sardonic, cruel mouth, the hard, tight skinned face.

Seek not, my soul, the life of the immortals; but enjoy to the full the resources that are within thy reach.

I would've done anything to work with Satyajit Ray.

Well, I actually wrote her a letter a couple of days ago congratulating her. The tone I tried to convey in the letter is, look, you are a part of a great American historical process.