My first book was rejected nine times. It turned out to be a best seller, Battle Cry? in 1953. — Leon Uris Copy Share Image
Miss Abigail, I want to be an author because writers know when a person is lonely. I mean, when Molly read me… — Leon Uris Copy Share Image
A novel takes the courage of a marathon runner, and as long as you have to run, you might as well be… — Leon Uris Copy Share Image
Research to me is as important or more important than the writing. It is the foundation upon which the book is built — Leon Uris Copy Share Image
The first thing you have to do is get immersed in the project, organizing yourself, knowing what you are going after and… — Leon Uris Copy Share Image
I have been writing for 50 years and readers still read my first book from when I was in the Marine Corps. — Leon Uris Copy Share Image
On one occasion I went to Afghanistan to look at the borders and learn something about the situation there to see if… — Leon Uris Copy Share Image
It all begins and ends in the same place, doesn't it? Conor and me in Ballyutogue. We all come home eventually. — Leon Uris Copy Share Image
“God figured out when he separated us from the rest of the creatures that if we have the power to reason and justify and… — Leon Uris Copy Share Image
“In God's scheme what is a few billion years here and there. Perhaps there have come and gone a dozen human civilizations in the… — Leon Uris Copy Share Image
“Nordstrom.” “Would you care for some tea or a brandy?” “No .... Nicole, I know” — Leon Uris Copy Share Image
“And that is where I have failed you, Ari. You see, I would have crawled to your mother a million times. I would crawl… — Leon Uris Copy Share Image
Anyone who goes into writing has to find out somewhere along the line, he's either naive or insane. — Leon Uris Copy Share Image
“From there Ari took her to the church which marked the place of the miracle of the multiplication of loaves and fishes a short… — Leon Uris Copy Share Image
I was tough. I used everything to my advantage. I could be very ruthless. — Leon Uris Copy Share Image
My first book was rejected nine times. It turned out to be a best seller, Battle Cry? in 1953. — Leon Uris Copy Share Image
Life hinges on many factors we cannot control. Two of the most important factors, we can control. We can manage our relationships-and what is… — Leon Uris Copy Share Image
