Leon Uris Quotes About Writing

Quotes about: Writing

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

  Leon Uris

  Writing, People, Breaking Down

• Anyone who goes into writing has to find out somewhere along the line, he's either naive or insane.

  Leon Uris

  Writing, Insane, Lines

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

• I do not write for an audience

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  Writing, Audience

• 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

  Home, Writing, Hands

  Leon Uris (1970). “QB VII”

• 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.

• 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

  Crazy, Writing, Mad

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

• 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

  Leon Uris

  Writing, Important, Example

• I essentially write for myself.

  Leon Uris

  Writing

• 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

  Writing, People, Events

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

  Leon Uris

  Writing, Difficult, Position

• 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

• 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

  Writing, Trying, Generations

• 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

  Writing, Thinking, Agony

• 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.

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