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Leon Uris
American
Writer
Born:
Aug 3
,
1924
Died:
Jun 21
,
2003
Book
Important
People
Write
Writing
You
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Writing, basically breaks down to relationships between people and that is what you write about.
Leon Uris
You
People
Writing
Down
Relationships
About
Write
Between
Breaks
Basically
Often we have no time for our friends but all the time in the world for our enemies.
Leon Uris
Time
World
Enemies
Our
No Time
Friends
Often
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
Buy
You
Natural
Writing
Example
Important
Other
Tool
Ability
Some
Born
No-One
Puts
Major
For Example
Course
Natural Ability
Aspects
Your
English
Nearly
Usually a good part of the people trying it end up not making it.
Leon Uris
Good
People
Part
Making
End
Up
Trying
I essentially write for myself.
Leon Uris
Myself
Write
Essentially
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 Corps
First
Corps
Read
Readers
Still
Been
Years
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
Hope
You
Generation
Try
Out
Write
Reach
Accepted
Audience
Just
Specifically
I have drawn inspiration from the Marine Corps, the Jewish struggle in Palestine and Israel, and the Irish.
Leon Uris
Struggle
Marine Corps
Corps
Drawn
Inspiration
Israel
Irish
Palestine
Jewish
Marine
My first book was rejected nine times. It turned out to be a best seller, Battle Cry? in 1953.
Leon Uris
Best
Book
Battle
First
Nine
Out
Cry
Seller
Times
Turned
Rejected
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