The guy was known to have very strong opinions about pretty much everything, but he was a great writer none the less...
Ian Fleming's rules for life are revealed as James Bond creator's
private notebook goes up for auction
A notebook containing rules for 'how to live' that was written by James Bond creator Ian Fleming has emerged 60 years on.
The 007 creator filled his pocket notepad with ideas and observations while drafting his 11th Bond novel You Only Live Twice, which was published in 1962.
Among his list of 13 rules was a warning to 'beware of motorcars with two women in the front seat'.
He took aim at the opposite sex in another instruction, warning: 'Don't waste your time on women who wear a bracelet on their left ankle.'
And one piece of advice that would not be out of place in a Bond novel reads: 'Don't draw your gun unless you see both the other man's hands.'
Others include 'beware people who smell' and 'tread carefully in the company of mustaches, side-burns and beards'.
The 39-page notebook, with writing in blue and black ink, is going under the hammer with Heritage Auctions, of Dallas, Texas.It has been consigned by a private collector and is tipped to sell for $20,000.
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