“I have been writing for 50 years and readers still read my first book from when I was in the Marine Corps.”
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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.
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Often we have no time for our friends but all the time in the world for our enemies.
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Research to me is as important or more important than the writing. It is the foundation upon which the book is built.
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I have drawn inspiration from the Marine Corps, the Jewish struggle in Palestine and Israel, and the Irish.
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I have been writing for 50 years and readers still read my first book from when I was in the Marine Corps.
Leon Uris
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