All Leon Uris Quotes
- The ability of a person to atone has always been the most remarkable of human features. Ability
- The complete novelist would come into the world with a catalog of qualities like this. He would own the concentration of a Trappist monk, the… Ability
- Often we have no time for our friends but all the time in the world for our enemies. All
- 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… Been
- 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,… Asked
- Look at me, man, look at me and tell me I don't know what I'm about. I'm Conor Larkin. I'm an Irishman and I've had… Conor
- It all begins and ends in the same place, doesn't it? Conor and me in Ballyutogue. We all come home eventually. All
- There's a curse on me as there's a curse on the Larkin name. The curse comes back, again and again, to taunt me! Ronan! Kilty!… Among
- You aren't a true husband/man until you've done the work of a wife/women Husband
- After all, the only thing that is going to save mankind is if enough people live their lives for something or someone other than themselves. All
- I know writers have to be crazy. But more than that that, they have to get made and stay mad. If things don't make a… Crazy
- To be homeward bound, no matter what tragic memories you have harbored, is unlike any voyage a man can ever make. Any
- A novel takes the courage of a marathon runner, and as long as you have to run, you might as well be a winning marathon… All
- Writing, basically breaks down to relationships between people and that is what you write about. Basically Breaks
- My greatest accomplishment is Exodus. It changed a lot of peoples lives, it changed the conception of the Jewish people in the international scene. Accomplishment
- On one occasion I went to Afghanistan to look at the borders and learn something about the situation there to see if my book was… Afghanistan
- The first thing you have to do is get immersed in the project, organizing yourself, knowing what you are going after and not going after. First Thing
- My first book was rejected nine times. It turned out to be a best seller, Battle Cry? in 1953. Battle
- You usually dont know what you are going to write about so you go to the places and talk to the people who were identified… Dont
- I have been writing for 50 years and readers still read my first book from when I was in the Marine Corps. Been
- 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… Agony
- The first thing you have to do is get immersed in the project, organizing yourself, knowing what you are going after and not going after.… Book
- I do not write for an audience Audience
- Research to me is as important or more important than the writing. It is the foundation upon which the book is built Book
- It is extremely important to know what you don't want to find Extremely