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Writer Quotes by Leon Uris
- 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,…
- 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…
- I was too heavy to be a jockey and too honest to be a producer, so I became a writer
- 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…
- 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…
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