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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: "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 post in the thick of fire to serve the cause of mankind."

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 post in the thick of fire to serve the cause of mankind.




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: "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: "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: "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: "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: "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: "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 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.



Leon Uris Quotes: "A novelist must know what his last chapter is going to say and one way or another work toward that last chapter. ... To me it is utterly basic, yet it seems like it's a great secret."

A novelist must know what his last chapter is going to say and one way or another work toward that last chapter. ... To me it is utterly basic, yet it seems like it's a great secret.



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: "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: "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 do not write specifically to a generation."

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 do not write specifically to a generation.



Leon Uris Quotes: "I do not write for an audience"

I do not write for an audience



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: "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: "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: "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 writer mad, he'll end up writing Flopsy, Mopsy, and Cottantail."

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 writer mad, he'll end up writing Flopsy, Mopsy, and Cottantail.



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: "Pride is a fool's fortress"

Pride is a fool's fortress



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: "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: "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: "Love can't mature in one room. It has to come out of the full sharing of everything: joys, aspirations, downfalls, all of it. That's the only real path to love."

Love can't mature in one room. It has to come out of the full sharing of everything: joys, aspirations, downfalls, all of it. That's the only real path to love.



Leon Uris Quotes: "I was a terrible English student."

I was a terrible English student.



Leon Uris Quotes: "I essentially write for myself."

I essentially write for myself.



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: "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: "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: "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: "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: "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: "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: "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: "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: "There is in us all that line that prevents us from fully understanding those who are different."

There is in us all that line that prevents us from fully understanding those who are different.



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: "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: "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: "A novelist must know what his last chapter is going to say and one way or another work toward that last chapter. ... To me it is utterly basic yet it seems like it's a great secret."

A novelist must know what his last chapter is going to say and one way or another work toward that last chapter. ... To me it is utterly basic yet it seems like it's a great secret.