Leslie Charteris

About the Saint's amorous adventures, by the way, I can't speak so brazenly. ↗

— Leslie Charteris

#adventures #amorous #i #saint #speak

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

— Leslie Charteris

#drop #everything #i #i write #last

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. ↗

— Leslie Charteris

#distressing #everything #follows #into #life

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

— Leslie Charteris

#books #came #dr #had #i

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

— Leslie Charteris

#place #planned #probably #saga #see

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

— Leslie Charteris

#hadn #i #immigration #immigration problem #problem

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

— Leslie Charteris

#cause #economical #everything #lazy #myself

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. ↗

— Leslie Charteris

#clearly #copy #course #disparaging #eyes

The reason is that for many years I have avoided reading anything whatsoever that approaches my own line of country, out of a somewhat fanatical desire to avoid the risk of unconscious imitation. ↗

— Leslie Charteris

#approaches #avoid #avoided #country #desire