My first book was rejected nine times. It turned out to be a best seller, Battle Cry? in 1953. — 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
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
A novelist must know what his last chapter is going to say and one way or another work toward that last chapter.… — Leon Uris Copy Share Image
I know writers have to be crazy. But more than that that, they have to get made and stay mad. If things… — Leon Uris Copy Share Image
To me, a writer is one of the most important soldiers in the fight for survival of the human race. He must… — Leon Uris Copy Share Image
“Too many writers start with a good idea and carry it through the first chapters, then fall apart because they had no… — Leon Uris Copy Share Image
In order to be a good writer, you've got to be a bad boss. Self-discipline and stamina are the two major arms… — Leon Uris Copy Share Image
Who here wants to be a writer?' I asked. Everyone in the room raised his hand. 'Why the hell aren't you home… — Leon Uris Copy Share Image
I enjoy writing, sometimes; I think that most writers will tell you about the agony of writing more than the joy of… — Leon Uris Copy Share Image
Talent isn't enough. You need motivation-and persistence, too: what Steinbeck called a blend of faith and arrogance. When you're young, plain old… — 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
“This was what I came to found. The conquest of loneliness was the missing link that was one day going to make… — 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
