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How do you think up
all the scenes? Do you get an idea and rush into your study to get it down
on paper?
No, no. I'm a professional writer, I have been for 20 years, and a
professional writer of fiction works seven days a week. I start at nine in
the morning and finish at seven in the evening. Until a few weeks ago I
hadn't been on holiday for three years, and I won't get another break for
18 months. I got used to writing when I was very young and the only way to
continue being a success is to keep writing, and so it is a purely
professional business. One sits down at a typewriter and stays there until
the book is finished. Now what was the question again? Oh, yes. Where do
ideas come from? I honestly don't know. They run into one another. You
think of one thing which leads you onto something else.
Well, we hope you carry on doing the Bond books.
Well, I hope I shall. I know I like doing them, and if I'm asked to do
some more I shall say yes. Of course, I shall say yes. But we shall have
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