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When I wrote the first one in 1953, I wanted Bond to be an extremely dull, uninteresting man to whom things happened; I wanted him to be a blunt instrument ...
by 7357 6y ago
When I wrote the first one in 1953, I wanted Bond to be an extremely dull, uninteresting man to whom things happened; I wanted him to be a blunt instrument ... when I was casting around for a name for my protagonist I thought by God, [James Bond] is the dullest name I ever heard.
- cafard 6y agohttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Bond_(ornithologist) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Bond_(ornithologist) , which agrees with what I read in the ornithologist's obituary, argues against that.