Leon Uris Quotes About Books

Quotes about: Books

• Miss Abigail, I want to be an author because writers know when a person is lonely. I mean, when Molly read me some books, those writers reached out and said, Look Gideon, we know about your loneliness and we know you're feeling downtrodden. And they said...I'll stand up for you. You're not lone anymore.

  Leon Uris

  Lonely, Loneliness, Book

  Leon Uris (1989). “Mitla Pass”, Bantam

• 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

  Book, Borders, Looks

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

  Leon Uris

  Book, Battle, Nine

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

  Leon Uris

  Book, Writing, Marine

• 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. It is extremely important to know what you don't want to find. Research to me is as important or more important than the writing. It is the foundation upon which the book is built.

  Leon Uris

  Book, Writing, Knowing

  "Leon Uris" by Eric Homberger, www.theguardian.com. June 24, 2003.

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

  Leon Uris

  Book, Writing, Important

  "Leon Uris" by Eric Homberger, www.theguardian.com. June 24, 2003.

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