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> [It had been fourteen years and I hadn't had anything published. I had 250 rejection slips. I got my first novel published and it was called Kinflicks. It turned out to be a best seller.](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/)

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> [I wrote for twelve years and collected 250 rejection slips before getting any fiction published, so I guess outside reinforcement isn't all that important to me.](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/)

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## More by Lisa Alther

> [That's the risk you take if you change: that people you've been involved with won't like the new you. But other people who do…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lisa-alther/that-s-the-risk-you-take-if-you-change-that-people-you-ve-been/)

[Lisa Alther](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lisa-alther/)

> [Dying was apparently a weaning process; all the attachments to familiar people and objects have to be undone.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lisa-alther/dying-was-apparently-a-weaning-process-all-the-attachments-to/)

[Lisa Alther](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lisa-alther/)

> [It had been fourteen years and I hadn't had anything published. I had 250 rejection slips. I got my first novel published and it…](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/)

> [One didn't issue instructions to comets. Grown children did what they had to do, and parents could only grit their teeth and watch and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lisa-alther/one-didn-t-issue-instructions-to-comets-grown-children-did-what-they/)

[Lisa Alther](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lisa-alther/)

> [Any mother could perform the jobs of several air-traffic controllers with ease.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lisa-alther/any-mother-could-perform-the-jobs-of-several-air-traffic-controllers/)

[Lisa Alther](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lisa-alther/)

> [“Whatever I experienced in the world that I didn't understand I'd invent a story and workout my understanding of something through the story.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lisa-alther/whatever-i-experienced-in-the-world-that-i-didn-t-understand-i-d/)

[Lisa Alther](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lisa-alther/)

> [Inspiration never arrived when you were searching for it.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lisa-alther/inspiration-never-arrived-when-you-were-searching-for-it/)

[Lisa Alther](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lisa-alther/)

> [I happen to feel that the degree of a person's intelligence is directly reflected by the number of conflicting attitudes she can bring to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lisa-alther/i-happen-to-feel-that-the-degree-of-a-person-s-intelligence-is/)

[Lisa Alther](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lisa-alther/)

> [The human organism has only so much energy at its disposal. If you divert a great deal of it into any one channel, you…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lisa-alther/the-human-organism-has-only-so-much-energy-at-its-disposal-if-you/)

[Lisa Alther](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lisa-alther/)

> [The strength you've insisted on assigning to others is actually within yourself.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lisa-alther/the-strength-you-ve-insisted-on-assigning-to-others-is-actually/)

[Lisa Alther](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lisa-alther/)

> [Depression was a very active state really. Even if you appeared to an observer to be immobilized, your mind was in a frenzy of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lisa-alther/depression-was-a-very-active-state-really-even-if-you-appeared-to-an/)

[Lisa Alther](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lisa-alther/)

> [I wrote for twelve years and collected 250 rejection slips before getting any fiction published, so I guess outside reinforcement isn't all that important…](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/)

> [The only obvious advantage to being an adult is that you can eat your dessert without haying sampled the vegetables.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lisa-alther/the-only-obvious-advantage-to-being-an-adult-is-that-you-can-eat-your/)

[Lisa Alther](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lisa-alther/)

> [successful parenting was like log rolling, and she'd often landed in the drink.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lisa-alther/successful-parenting-was-like-log-rolling-and-she-d-often-landed-in/)

[Lisa Alther](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lisa-alther/)

> [The man who has no inner life is a slave of his surroundings, as the barometer is the obedient servant of the air.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lisa-alther/the-man-who-has-no-inner-life-is-a-slave-of-his-surroundings-as-the/)

[Lisa Alther](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lisa-alther/)

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