I believed in studying just because I knew education was a privilege. It was the discipline of study to get into the habit of doing something that you don't want to do.
The idea of regretting not doing this seemed insane to me. Sitting in the corner at a bar at age 60 saying: 'I could've been Bond. Buy me a drink.' That's the saddest place I could be. At least now at 60 I can say: 'I was Bond. Now buy me a drink.'