114 Quotes by Leon Uris

Who is left in the ghetto is the one man in a thousand in any age, in any culture, who through some mysterious workings of force within his soul will stand in defiance against any master. He is that one human in a thousand whose indomitable spirit will not bow. He is the one man in a thousand whose indomitable spirit cannot bow. He is the one man in a thousand who will not walk quietly to Umschlagplatz. Watch out for him, Alfred Funk, we have pushed him to the wall.

Anything to declare? the customs inspector said."Two pound of uncut heroin and a manual of pornographic art," Mark answered, looking about for Kity. All Americans are comedians, the inspector thought, as he passed Parker through. A government tourist hostess approached him."Are you Mr. Mark Parker?""Guilty.

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

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

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

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

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

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.

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