Leon Uris Quotes

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

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: writer
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: August 3, 1924 - June 21, 2003

Topics

WritingYouBornImportantAbility

Enigma is really an investment in peace of mind. I keep a lot of confidential information on my laptop. I'm usually very careful about keeping my laptop under close physical control but had an unfortunate lapse and left it on a plane. That could have cost me dearly if not for the Enigma.

Jim Cantrell

PeaceMindMeControlPeace Of Mind

George Tenet was actually a very strong centralizing force. If you met George by personality, George met with the president six days out of seven: nontrivial attribute inside the federal government. And George was head of the CIA.

Michael Hayden

PersonalityGovernmentStrongYou

You know when you watch old movies, it's always the small parts you remember, the character actors who come in like a breath of fresh air.

Amy Sedaris

CharacterSmallRememberYouKnow

One must learn, if one is to see the beauty in Japan, to like an extraordinarily restrained and delicate loveliness.

Mary Ritter Beard

BeautyLearnSeeMustDelicateLike

I like motivational books, because I like the go-getting American spirit - your destiny is in your own hands, life is what you make it, don't accept your limitations, jump before you're pushed, leap before you look.

Louise Mensch

MotivationalLifeDestinyAmerican

Directing is something I've sort of always felt like I'd like to do at one point, and I thought the best way to start it is to write something myself or with someone and I'd go from there. My own material.

Luke Evans

MyselfBestStartThoughtSomeone

I like very straight comedy.

Judge Reinhold

ComedyLikeStraightVery

Separation of Church and state was a radical idea when the U.S. was first founded, but it's become The Way Things Are.

Judith Tarr

ChurchSeparationWayBecomeFirst

And I've never taken up a sport just because it was a social fad.

Dinah Shore

Just BecauseNeverUpSocialJust

As a work gets more autobiographical, more intimate, more confessional, more embarrassing, it breaks into fragments.

David Shields

WorkMoreEmbarrassingBreaksGets

My grandfather was a really, really tough no-nonsense factory worker who emigrated from Ireland in about 1900 to Bridgeport, Conn. He had a big effect on me. Those guys who took a great leap out into what they knew not were the ones who were the real stars, the real heroes.

Brian Dennehy

StarsGreatMeToughGrandfather

My parents owned a hair salon, so I learned a few tricks there. I can cut people's hair - if they let me.

Penelope Cruz

ParentsPeopleMeHairI CanCut

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