Leon Uris quotes

Research to me is as important, or more important, than the writing. It is the foundation upon which the book is built. (Leon Uris)
I was tough. I used everything to my advantage. I could be very ruthless. View quote
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A soldier has one item that cannot be neglected. His feet. They are his wheels, his mechanised warfare. View quote
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Love can't mature in one room. It has to come out of the full sharing of everything: joys, aspirations, downfalls, all of it. That's the only real path to love. View quote
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All you have the right to ask of life is to choose a battle in this war, make the best you can, and leave the field with honor. View quote
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Writing, basically breaks down to relationships between people and that is what you write about. View quote
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I have drawn inspiration from the Marine Corps, the Jewish struggle in Palestine and Israel, and the Irish. View quote
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You can try to reach an audience, but you just write what comes out of you and you just hope that it is accepted. You do not write specifically to a generation. View quote
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I am very proud of this work because it is more about the meaning of the Easter Rising and its relationship to what this whole century has been about, people liberating themselves, freeing themselves. View quote
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Who here wants to be a writer?' I asked. Everyone in the room raised his hand. 'Why the hell aren't you home writing?' I said, and left the stage. View quote
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Often we have no time for our friends but all the time in the world for our enemies. (Leon Uris)
My first book was rejected nine times. It turned out to be a best seller, Battle Cry? in 1953. View quote
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I essentially write for myself. View quote
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I do not write for an audience. View quote
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I enjoy writing, sometimes; I think that most writers will tell you about the agony of writing more than the joy of writing, but writing is what I was meant to do. View quote
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I was a terrible English student. View quote
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Usually a good part of the people trying it end up not making it. View quote
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So writing is a very, very difficult position to obtain... and retain. View quote
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I have been writing for 50 years and readers still read my first book from when I was in the Marine Corps. View quote
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It is extremely important to know what you don't want to find. View quote
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English of course is your major tool, but it is not nearly so important as other aspects of writing for example you have to have some natural ability you can't buy it no one puts it there you're born with it. (Leon Uris)
I was too heavy to be a jockey and too honest to be a producer, so I became a writer. View quote
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