Leon Uris quotes

Leon Uris was an American novelist famous for his works about Jewish history and the struggles of the Jewish people. His best-known novel, "Exodus," played a significant role in shaping public perceptions of Israel’s founding. He inspired generations of readers with his vivid storytelling and commitment to historical themes. Here are 22 of his quotes:

I was tough. I used everything to my advantage. I could be very ruthless.

Leon Uris

A soldier has one item that cannot be neglected. His feet. They are his wheels, his mechanised warfare.

Leon Uris

Love can't mature in one room. It has to come out of the full sharing of everything: joys, aspirations, downfalls, all of it. That's the only real path to love.

Leon Uris

All you have the right to ask of life is to choose a battle in this war, make the best you can, and leave the field with honor.

Leon Uris

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

Leon Uris

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

Leon Uris

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

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.

Leon Uris

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

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

Leon Uris

I essentially write for myself.

Leon Uris

I do not write for an audience.

Leon Uris

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

I was a terrible English student.

Leon Uris

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

Leon Uris

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

Leon Uris

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

Leon Uris

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

Leon Uris

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

Leon Uris