--- title: "18 Rejection Slips Quotes by 14 authors" description: "Browse 18 Rejection Slips quotes by 14 authors. Discover the best Rejection Slips sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b69/f-scott-fitzgerald-72_hell_work-like-hell-i-had-122-rejection-slips_952861.jpg" --- > [Work like hell! I had 122 rejection slips before I sold a story.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/f-scott-fitzgerald/work-like-hell-i-had-122-rejection-slips-before-i-sold-a-story/) [F. Scott Fitzgerald](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/f-scott-fitzgerald/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b69/f-scott-fitzgerald-72_hell_work-like-hell-i-had-122-rejection-slips_952861.jpg) > [By 17, I was submitting to publications and collecting my first rejection slips.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/laurell-k-hamilton/by-17-i-was-submitting-to-publications-and-collecting-my-first/) [Laurell K. Hamilton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/laurell-k-hamilton/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0d6/laurell-k-hamilton-199_collecting_by-17-i-was-submitting-to-publications-a_2894464.png) > [I love my rejection slips. They show me I try.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sylvia-plath/i-love-my-rejection-slips-they-show-me-i-try/) [Sylvia Plath](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sylvia-plath/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e06/sylvia-plath-149_encouraging_i-love-my-rejection-slips-they-show-me-i_581478.jpg) > [“I love my rejection slips. They show me I try. (This quote is probably wrongly attributed to Sylvia Plath)”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sylvia-plath/i-love-my-rejection-slips-they-show-me-i-try-this-quote-is-probably/) [Sylvia Plath](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sylvia-plath/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e32/sylvia-plath-149_heartbreak_i-love-my-rejection-slips-they-show-me-i_3134454.jpg) > [I used to save all my rejection slips because I told myself, one day I'm going to autograph these and auction them.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-lee-burke/i-used-to-save-all-my-rejection-slips-because-i-told-myself-one-day-i/) [James Lee Burke](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-lee-burke/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/291/james-lee-burke-2289_auctions_i-used-to-save-all-my-rejection-slips-be_2699386.png) > [Nobody told me how hard it was going to be to get published. I wrote four novels that nobody wanted, sent them…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jerry-spinelli/nobody-told-me-how-hard-it-was-going-to-be-to-get-published-i-wrote/) [Jerry Spinelli](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jerry-spinelli/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f23/jerry-spinelli-1413_books_nobody-told-me-how-hard-it-was-going-to_581571.png) > [I could write an entertaining novel about rejection slips, but I fear it would be overly long.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/louise-brown/i-could-write-an-entertaining-novel-about-rejection-slips-but-i-fear/) [Louise Brown](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/louise-brown/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/07f/louise-brown-19852_books_i-could-write-an-entertaining-novel-abou_1365931.png) > [You do it a day at a time. You just put your rejection slips in a shoebox and tell yourself one day…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-lee-burke/you-do-it-a-day-at-a-time-you-just-put-your-rejection-slips-in-a/) [James Lee Burke](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-lee-burke/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/455/james-lee-burke-2289_auctions_you-do-it-a-day-at-a-time-you-just-put-y_939512.png) > [I wrote for twelve years and collected 250 rejection slips before getting any fiction published, so I guess outside reinforcement isn't all…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lisa-alther/i-wrote-for-twelve-years-and-collected-250-rejection-slips-before/) [Lisa Alther](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lisa-alther/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1c7/lisa-alther-23245_fiction_i-wrote-for-twelve-years-and-collected-2_1183180.jpg) > [Rejection slips, or form letters, however tactfully phrased, are lacerations of the soul, if not quite inventions of the devil-but there is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/isaac-asimov/rejection-slips-or-form-letters-however-tactfully-phrased-are/) [Isaac Asimov](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/isaac-asimov/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/46e/isaac-asimov-309_devil_rejection-slips-or-form-letters-however_125346.jpg) > [All the other kids in ninth grade were drawing hot rods and cocker spaniels and getting blue ribbons in art class. I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/brad-holland/all-the-other-kids-in-ninth-grade-were-drawing-hot-rods-and-cocker/) [Brad Holland](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/brad-holland/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b82/brad-holland-24482_art_all-the-other-kids-in-ninth-grade-were-d_104970.jpg) > [To ward off a feeling of failure, she joked that she could wallpaper her bathroom with rejection slips, which she chose not…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anita-shreve/to-ward-off-a-feeling-of-failure-she-joked-that-she-could-wallpaper/) [Anita Shreve](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anita-shreve/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/431/anita-shreve-6955_bathroom_to-ward-off-a-feeling-of-failure-she-jok_1330962.jpg) > [I've got a folder full of rejection slips that I keep. Know why? Because those same editors are now calling my agent…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/maryjanice-davidson/i-ve-got-a-folder-full-of-rejection-slips-that-i-keep-know-why/) [MaryJanice Davidson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/maryjanice-davidson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/38a/maryjanice-davidson-4231_agents_i-ve-got-a-folder-full-of-rejection-slip_917600.png) > [I had immediate success in the sense that I sold something right off the bat. I thought it was going to be…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/fred-saberhagen/i-had-immediate-success-in-the-sense-that-i-sold-something-right-off/) [Fred Saberhagen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/fred-saberhagen/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f03/fred-saberhagen-18964_bats_i-had-immediate-success-in-the-sense-tha_2836562.jpg) > [Most writers, including myself, had to endure a lot of rejections before finally getting published. You could wallpaper a sizeable bathroom with…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jonathan-weeks/most-writers-including-myself-had-to-endure-a-lot-of-rejections/) [Jonathan Weeks](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jonathan-weeks/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a16/jonathan-weeks-52056_bathroom_most-writers-including-myself-had-to-end_322010.jpg) > [It had been fourteen years and I hadn't had anything published. I had 250 rejection slips. I got my first novel published…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lisa-alther/it-had-been-fourteen-years-and-i-hadn-t-had-anything-published-i-had/) [Lisa Alther](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lisa-alther/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/31f/lisa-alther-23245_best-sellers_it-had-been-fourteen-years-and-i-hadn-t_266757.png) > [I've been trying to write a book since before I was old enough to vote, and I've collected many rejection slips from…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/j-r-moehringer/i-ve-been-trying-to-write-a-book-since-before-i-was-old-enough-to/) [J. R. Moehringer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/j-r-moehringer/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1a9/j-r-moehringer-22759_been_i-ve-been-trying-to-write-a-book-since-b_463954.jpg) > [It's a shame publishers send rejection slips. Writers should get something more substantial than a slip that amounts to a pile of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jerry-spinelli/it-s-a-shame-publishers-send-rejection-slips-writers-should-get/) [Jerry Spinelli](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jerry-spinelli/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/05b/jerry-spinelli-1413_bricks_it-s-a-shame-publishers-send-rejection-s_1774035.png) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/rejection-slips/#itemlist", "name": "Rejection Slips Quotes", "numberOfItems": 18, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Work like hell! I had 122 rejection slips before I sold a story.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "F. 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