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Leon Uris quotes: 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, and left the stage.

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, and left the stage.

Leon Uris quotes: Until a man is struck in his own face he does not want to believe the attack on his brother concerns him.

Until a man is struck in his own face he does not want to believe the attack on his brother concerns him.

Leon Uris quotes: A soldier has one item that cannot be neglected. His feet. They are his wheels, his mechanised warfare.

A soldier has one item that cannot be neglected. His feet. They are his wheels, his mechanised warfare.

Leon Uris quotes: Truth is what people want to believe and nothing more.

Truth is what people want to believe and nothing more.

Leon Uris quotes: 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 with the events.

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 with the events.

Leon Uris quotes: Usually a good part of the people trying it end up not making it.

Usually a good part of the people trying it end up not making it.

Leon Uris quotes: and the righteous cowed and the evil grew bold.

and the righteous cowed and the evil grew bold.

Leon Uris quotes: 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 field with honor.

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 field with honor.

Leon Uris quotes: So writing is a very, very difficult position to obtain ... and retain.

So writing is a very, very difficult position to obtain ... and retain.

Leon Uris quotes: The only time we can attract a crowd is for some pilgrimage up some god-damned holy mountain to chase the snakes and banshees out of the country.

The only time we can attract a crowd is for some pilgrimage up some god-damned holy mountain to chase the snakes and banshees out of the country.

Leon Uris quotes: Rule ... " "Ours not

Rule ... " "Ours not

Leon Uris quotes: I essentially write for myself.

I essentially write for myself.

Leon Uris quotes: In order to be a good writer, you've got to be a bad boss. Self-discipline and stamina are the two major arms in a writer's arsenal.

In order to be a good writer, you've got to be a bad boss. Self-discipline and stamina are the two major arms in a writer's arsenal.

Leon Uris quotes: My first book was rejected nine times. It turned out to be a best seller, Battle Cry? in 1953.

My first book was rejected nine times. It turned out to be a best seller, Battle Cry? in 1953.

Leon Uris quotes: I've not been right for any man or myself since I met you.

I've not been right for any man or myself since I met you.

Leon Uris quotes: I have drawn inspiration from the Marine Corps, the Jewish struggle in Palestine and Israel, and the Irish.

I have drawn inspiration from the Marine Corps, the Jewish struggle in Palestine and Israel, and the Irish.

Leon Uris quotes: To be homeward bound, no matter what tragic memories you have harbored, is unlike any voyage a man can ever make.

To be homeward bound, no matter what tragic memories you have harbored, is unlike any voyage a man can ever make.

Leon Uris quotes: 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.

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.

Leon Uris quotes: I was too heavy to be a jockey and too honest to be a producer, so I became a writer.

I was too heavy to be a jockey and too honest to be a producer, so I became a writer.

Leon Uris quotes: 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.

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.

Leon Uris quotes: Nordstrom." "Would you care for some tea or a brandy?" "No ... Nicole, I know

Nordstrom." "Would you care for some tea or a brandy?" "No ... Nicole, I know

Leon Uris quotes: I have been writing for 50 years and readers still read my first book from when I was in the Marine Corps.

I have been writing for 50 years and readers still read my first book from when I was in the Marine Corps.

Leon Uris quotes: You can lie to your wife or your boss, but you cannot lie to your typewriter. Sooner or later you must reveal your true self in your pages.

You can lie to your wife or your boss, but you cannot lie to your typewriter. Sooner or later you must reveal your true self in your pages.

Leon Uris quotes: My greatest accomplishment is Exodus. It changed a lot of peoples lives, it changed the conception of the Jewish people in the international scene.

My greatest accomplishment is Exodus. It changed a lot of peoples lives, it changed the conception of the Jewish people in the international scene.

Leon Uris quotes: Writing, basically breaks down to relationships between people and that is what you write about.

Writing, basically breaks down to relationships between people and that is what you write about.

Leon Uris quotes: Pride is a fool's fortress

Pride is a fool's fortress

Leon Uris quotes: I was tough. I used everything to my advantage. I could be very ruthless.

I was tough. I used everything to my advantage. I could be very ruthless.

Leon Uris quotes: 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 enough.

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 enough.

Leon Uris quotes: You aren't a true husband/man until you've done the work of a wife/women

You aren't a true husband/man until you've done the work of a wife/women

Leon Uris quotes: They lingered over cups of ersatz coffee.

They lingered over cups of ersatz coffee.

Leon Uris quotes: Research to me is as important or more important than the writing. It is the foundation upon which the book is built.

Research to me is as important or more important than the writing. It is the foundation upon which the book is built.

Leon Uris quotes: France was the first country in Europe to grant Jews the full rights of citizenship without qualification.

France was the first country in Europe to grant Jews the full rights of citizenship without qualification.

Leon Uris quotes: I was a terrible English student.

I was a terrible English student.

Leon Uris quotes: It is extremely important to know what you don't want to find.

It is extremely important to know what you don't want to find.

Leon Uris quotes: The ability of a person to atone has always been the most remarkable of human features.

The ability of a person to atone has always been the most remarkable of human features.

Leon Uris quotes: Often we have no time for our friends but all the time in the world for our enemies.

Often we have no time for our friends but all the time in the world for our enemies.

Leon Uris quotes: It all begins and ends in the same place, doesn't it? Conor and me in Ballyutogue. We all come home eventually.

It all begins and ends in the same place, doesn't it? Conor and me in Ballyutogue. We all come home eventually.

Leon Uris quotes: 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 there?and it wasnt.

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 there?and it wasnt.

Leon Uris quotes: Value time!!! It's only when we lack time for ourselves that we start valuing it.

Value time!!! It's only when we lack time for ourselves that we start valuing it.

Leon Uris quotes: I do not write for an audience.

I do not write for an audience.

Leon Uris quotes: In the end, what would Michele's life be? A

In the end, what would Michele's life be? A

Leon Uris quotes: Anyone who goes into writing has to find out somewhere along the line, he's either naive or insane.

Anyone who goes into writing has to find out somewhere along the line, he's either naive or insane.

Leon Uris quotes: Like so many creative men of his school he was hounded by an incessant restlessness.

Like so many creative men of his school he was hounded by an incessant restlessness.

Leon Uris quotes: Subjugate the Arab world. Dr. Weizmann and the Zionists felt

Subjugate the Arab world. Dr. Weizmann and the Zionists felt

Leon Uris quotes: Why must we fight for the right to live, over and over, each time the sun rises?

Why must we fight for the right to live, over and over, each time the sun rises?

Leon Uris quotes: every day with you? Come on

every day with you? Come on