23 Quotes by Leslie Charteris

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

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

In 1939 I hadn't even realized that this was an immigration problem.

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

In fact, it could logically be argued that the man best qualified to review a detective story is an established detective-story writer.

Any stupid remark, quoted often enough, becomes gospel.

Simon Templar was a man who couldn’t help spreading melodrama all around him like an infectious disease.

I’m called the Saint,” he murmured. “But don’t let us get melodramatic about it, son. The last man who got melodramatic with me was hanged at Exeter six months back. It don’t seem to be healthy!

He believes in romance. He isn’t merely going through the mechanical movements of a man in an exciting situation. He is, vitally and positively squeezing the last drop of delight from living the best life he knows in the best way he can.