With the way my life has been going lately, I started thinking how this wouldn't happen to someone as smart, cunning, sophisticated and strong as 007. He'd figure a way out! He would talk his way out of this like he did when his was about to be cut in half by a laser beam. My situation would be nothing! Even if he'd been let go by MI6, he'd handle it.

It's the samething with Ian Fleming. He'd work it out with style. Pour a drink, put a cigarette in the extender, sit in the windowsill looking out at the Jamaican beach and think of a way. He'd plan something. Write it out. Work it out. Take action. I need to do this before it's too late!

Started watching these James Bond and Ian Fleming documentaries before I heard that Tom Mankiewicz, the screenwriter of films like "Diamonds Are Forever" and "Live and Let Die" had died 3 days ago. One time I had taken a screenwriting class where he was an instructor and he was awesome! The stories he told were so great. He was a sweet and funny man. One of the things the news probably won't mention in his bios is that he loved animals. We talked about the Los Angeles Zoo and he chastised me for having not gone there before he brought it up. He just couldn't believed I lived in LA and had not taken advantage of the stuff the zoo provided. He knew a lot about animals. His father was Joseph L. Mankiewicz, director of "All About Eve," and he was the nephew of "Citizen Kane" co-writer Herman J. Mankiewicz. So he had stories.

Enjoy these documentaries: