114 Quotes by Leon Uris

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

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

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.

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.

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

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

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

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 some natural ability you can't buy it no one puts it there you're born with it