Casino Royale Quotes

• Writing about 2,000 words in three hours every morning, 'Casino Royale' dutifully produced itself. I wrote nothing and made no corrections until the book was finished. If I had looked back at what I had written the day before I might have despaired.

  Ian Fleming

  Morning, Book, Writing

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• Now, I'll tell you something that might interest you. Casino Royale was the first Bond book that Ian Fleming ever wrote. And he couldn't get anybody to touch it, to publish it - he couldn't do anything about it at all. Nobody wanted to know.

  Val Guest

  Book, Casinos, Might

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• The conventional parabola--sentiment, the touch of the hand, the kiss, the passionate kiss, the feel of the body, the climax in the bed, then more bed, then less bed, then the boredom, the tears and the final bitterness--was to him shameful and hypocritical.

  Ian Fleming

  Kissing, Hands, Boredom

  Ian Fleming (1953). “Casino Royale”

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• Luck in all its moods had to be loved and not feared Bond saw luck as a woman, to be softly wooed or brutally ravaged, never pandered to or pursued. But he was honest enough to admit that he had never yet been made to suffer by cards or by women. One day, and he accepted the fact he would be brought to his knees by love or by luck.

  Ian Fleming

  Love, Luck, Suffering

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• At gambling, the deadly sin is to mistake bad play for bad luck.

  Ian Fleming

  Mistake, Play, Gambling

  Ian Fleming (1961). “gilt-edged bonds”

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• A dry martini,' he said. 'One. In a deep champagne goblet.' ... Just a moment. Three measures of Gordon's, one of vodka, half a measure of Kina Lillet. Shake it very well until it's ice-cold, then add a large thin slice of lemon-peel. Got it?

  Ian Fleming

  Ice, Add, Three

  Ian Fleming (1961). “gilt-edged bonds”

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• Luck in all its moods had to be loved and not feared. Bond saw luck as a woman, to be softly wooed or brutally ravaged, never pandered to or pursued.

  Ian Fleming

  Luck, Saws, Mood

  Ian Fleming (1961). “gilt-edged bonds”

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• Bond reflected that good Americans were fine people and that most of them seemed to come from Texas.

  Ian Fleming

  Texas, People, Fine

  Ian Fleming (1953). “Casino Royale”

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• Le Chiffre was serving a wonderful purpose, a really vital purpose, perhaps the best and highest purpose of all. By his evil existence, which foolishly I have helped to destroy, he was creating a norm of badness by which, and by which alone, an opposite norm of goodness could exist. We were privileged, in our short knowledge of him, to see and estimate his wickedness and we emerge from the acquaintanceship better and more virtuous men.

  Ian Fleming

  Men, Creating, Evil

  "Casino Royale". Book by Ian Fleming, Ch. 20: "The Nature Of Evil", 1953.

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• Above all, he liked it that everything was one's own fault. There was only oneself to praise or blame. Luck was a servant and not a master. Luck had to be accepted with a shrug or taken advantage of up to the hilt. But it had to be understood and recognized for what it was and not confused with a faulty appreciation of the odds, for, at gambling, the deadly sin is to mistake bad play for bad luck. And luck in all its moods had to be loved and not feared

  Ian Fleming

  Love, Appreciation, Mistake

  Ian Fleming (1953). “Casino Royale”

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• I didn't want to do 'Casino Royale' when they told me to audition. I said no. Then they sent me the script, and I thought it was actually very interesting - and I had no other work at the time.

  Eva Green

  Interesting, Want, Casinos

  Interview With Kaleem Aftab, www.interviewmagazine.com. November 24, 2008.

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• I really enjoyed Casino Royale because suddenly something changed with this modernity and with Daniel bringing life to James Bond in a very new way.

  Berenice Marlohe

  Casinos, Way, Changed

  "Skyfall: Bond Girl Bérénice Marlohe Interview". Interview with Leigh Singer, www.ign.com. May 23, 2012.

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• I've been a fan of Mads since the “Casino Royale” movie. I really sat up and paid attention to him. I was like, “Who is this motherf**ker?” Even his work in something as sort of popcorn as “Clash of the Titans,” he brings a kind of danger and reality and he grounds it in such a way that you think, yes, I'm good to work with this guy. I should come back, just stay behind him. (Laughs) Our working relationship has been fantastic.

  Laurence Fishburne

  Reality, Thinking, Laughing

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