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Writing 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…
- Writing, basically breaks down to relationships between people and that is what you write about.
- 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…
- I have been writing for 50 years and readers still read my first book from when I was in the Marine Corps.
- 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…
- 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.…
- I do not write for an audience
- Research to me is as important or more important than the writing. It is the foundation upon which the book is built
- 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…
- Anyone who goes into writing has to find out somewhere along the line, he's either naive or insane.
- I essentially write for myself.
- So writing is a very, very difficult position to obtain... and retain.
- 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…
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