Submitting Quotes

16 quotes from 2 authors

When surrender feels heavier than the fight, these 16 quotes lay out the cost of giving in. One warns that refusing can bring harsher fallout; another boasts a tactical edge in rounds; a third recalls classroom drills on sending work. If this clicks, also check out authority, creative process, and perseverance pages.

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“Don't make the editor's decision for her by not submitting.”

Victoria Janssen

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I like submitting guys, but if I see an opportunity for a KO, I won't let it go.

Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira

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I'm not here putting on razor-thin fights, I'm going there and submitting people in the first round.

Mackenzie Dern

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Finish what you start. Keep submitting until it sells.

Robert A. Heinlein

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By 17, I was submitting to publications and collecting my first rejection slips.

Laurell K. Hamilton

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To refuse has so many more consequences than submitting.

Gillian Flynn

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The only thing that matters is submitting to the will of God.

Muhammad Ali

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Submitting is always the most important thing to me. Victory first, but with a submission is what I always want.

Demian Maia

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“Submitting seemed to me a lot like giving up. If God gave us the strength to bail- the gumption to try and…

Jeannette Walls

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Submitting myself for awards feels like a weird kind of horn-blowing that's not comfortable for me. I'm really happy when someone likes…

Jane Elliot

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“To submit isn’t to be forced. It’s to yield to a force greater than your own, in order to become part of…

Dianna Hardy

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Get an agent. Seriously, submitting stuff unagented means it will end up on the slush pile. An agent is the first quality…

Tim Lebbon

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“He called to her primal side; the ancient aspect of her animal self that wanted to submit. It wanted to submit to…

Dianna Hardy

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“Submitting to Christ isn't a one-time thing, say a prayer, get dunked, and that's the end of it. For some of us,…

Paul Asay

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“When you permit an outside agency to control your feelings and emotions at frequent intervals for a prolonged period, your system will…

Christian D. Larson

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When I started graduate school we did this publishing class where we learned about submitting and read interviews with editors from different…

Donald Ray Pollock

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