All Leon Uris Quotes
- 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
- I was too heavy to be a jockey and too honest to be a producer, so I became a writer Became
- Before I was nine I had learned the basic canon of Arab life. It was me against my brother; me and my brother against our… All
- I have drawn inspiration from the Marine Corps, the Jewish struggle in Palestine and Israel, and the Irish Corps
- 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… Ability
- I was a terrible English student. English
- Anyone who goes into writing has to find out somewhere along the line, he's either naive or insane. Along
- I essentially write for myself. Essentially
- So writing is a very, very difficult position to obtain... and retain. Difficult
- Usually a good part of the people trying it end up not making it. End
- 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… Accepted
- A novelist must know what his last chapter is going to say and one way or another work toward that last chapter. ... To me… Another Work
- 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 poverty can be… Along
- To me, a writer is one of the most important soldiers in the fight for survival of the human race. He must stay at his… Cause
- One of the cheapest commodities in the world is unfulfilled genius. All of us want to be known as a unique individual, the one who… Afraid
- 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… All