Leon Uris Quotes & Sayings
17 most famous Leon Uris quotes and sayings. These are the first 10 quotes we have for him. He was an American writer who passed away on 21 June, 2003.
“I was too heavy to be a jockey and too honest to be a producer, so I became a writer.”
“Research to me is as important or more important than the writing. It is the foundation upon which the book is built.”
“I have drawn inspiration from the Marine Corps, the Jewish struggle in Palestine and Israel, and the Irish.”
“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 is what I was meant to do.”
“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 century has been about, people liberating themselves, freeing themselves.”
“Often we have no time for our friends but all the time in the world for our enemies.”
“My first book was rejected nine times. It turned out to be a best seller, Battle Cry? in 1953.”
“It is extremely important to know what you don't want to find.”
“I essentially write for myself.”
“I have been writing for 50 years and readers still read my first book from when I was in the Marine Corps.”
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