Ian Fleming mastered life-work balance. Really just life in general.

7:30 a.m. — Get up with the birds and bathe in the ocean, then back for breakfast; scrambled eggs and sit in the garden until 10 a.m.

10 a.m. — Sit down and write 1,500 words without looking back.

12:15 p.m. — Snorkel around the bay looking for lobsters, then come back and have a couple of pink gins with lunch.

2:30–4 p.m. — Siesta.

4 p.m. — Sit in the garden for an hour, then go for another swim.

5 p.m. — Write another 500 words, number the pages, put them in a folder and have a couple of powerful drinks.

7 p.m. — Dinner and Scrabble with his wife, Ann.

10 p.m. — To bed.