Leon Uris

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

— Leon Uris

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

— Leon Uris

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

— Leon Uris

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

— Leon Uris

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

— Leon Uris

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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

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

— Leon Uris

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It is extremely important to know what you don't want to find. ↗

— Leon Uris

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