I cannot even remember a time before being conscious of James Bond.

The paparazzi terrify and torment people and endanger people and it's really unpleasant.

Never give up, have the passion. Don't be afraid.

One would think that it would be very easy, with an iconic character like James Bond, to keep making the films, but it hasn't been. But, it sure has been entertaining and rewarding.

I guess the reality is, everybody today has so many gadgets.

When men change, maybe Bond will change.

People go to extraordinary lengths to get films made.

So as I was growing up, my father was always in the middle of making a film or preparing a film. It was a full-time, all-consuming type of operation.

Bad movies are when people go oh, I wasted $10 bucks and 2 hours and I don't even want to go back again.

There's a lot of instant spotlight and pressure when it comes to a Bond song.

Integrity is a life where your beliefs and intentions are aligned with your words and actions.

When you look down the length of your chain and see it is made mostly of weak links it is time to pull out the bolt cutters.

They ought to bury people in hospitals and let sick people get well in the cemeteries.

The Middle East is a region where oil is thicker than blood.

Do not think your truth can be found by anyone else.

The critics had an image of me, and they wouldn't accept any other... I was a cartoon character. A joke.

I think my sensibility is very literary; all my books were built as books, and I wasn't thinking about them being movies.

The field of action of a photograph should be that chessboard of the heart and mind upon which poetry and art have always operated

I live, I shop almost exclusively on the Internet. I've bought cars on the Internet. I watch television, I do everything on it. I even watch my son online.

I got into rapping by being a victim of circumstances; it was a hard situation with my brother. Mainly my older brother got hit with a life sentence, so he kind of inspired me.