Ian Fleming On The Record
November, 2008
A t the height of the original Bond mania, in 1964, we sat down with Ian Flem-/ \ ing, the man who created the superspy in his own likeness, for the Playboy r—\ Interview. Though he ordered a ginger ale and brandy instead of a shaken / \ martini, the author was as eloquent and cocksure as 007 himself./ think to be a creative ¦writer or a creative anything you've got to be neurotic. I certainly am.It's my experience in Naval Intelligence and what I learned about secret operations that finally le...