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12 quotes by Leslie Charteris

Leslie Charteris (12 May 1907 – 15 April 1993), born Leslie Charles Bowyer-Yin, was a British-American author of adventure fiction, as well as a screenwriter. He was best known for his many books chronicling the adventures of Simon Templar, alias "The Saint."
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The gleam in their eyes telegraphs only too clearly that they are hoping for a headline, which of course means something disparaging, because nothing... →

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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... →

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In 1938, when I had decided that the only way to see the country was in a trailer, and I built the trailer which I still have and lived in it for... →

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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... →

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

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

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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.

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

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

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

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

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Others, amounting to four novels and a mess of short stories which I did not think worth preserving, I have done my best to eliminate from the record... →

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