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Whenever young writers ask me for advice, I always say you have to be able to take a lot of rejection because, unless you're…

— Mary Gaitskill

Rejections are painful, but inevitable. They're every writer's rite of passage.

— Octavia Butler

I've discovered that rejections are not altogether a bad thing. They teach a writer to rely on his own judgment and to say in…

— Saul Bellow

As a writer, the worst thing you can do is work in an environment of fear of rejection.

— Carol Leifer

“Rejection has value. It teaches us when our work or our skillset is not good enough and must be made better. This is a…

— Chuck Wendig

“It can be depressing when no one takes interest, and a lack of response makes the writer question why they’re writing at all. To…

— Lizz Clements

“Writers are a superior breed. No one else can face so much rejection and still thrive.”

— Susie Smith

It can be depressing when no one takes interest, and a lack of response makes the writer question why theyre writing at all. To…

— Lizz Clements

Engrave this in your brain: EVERY WRITER GETS REJECTED. You will be no different.

— John Scalzi

“Note to aspiring writers: This is actually not that many rejections in the grand scheme of things. I know published writers whose rejection count…

— Jennifer Weiner

The real fear isn't rejection, but that there won't be enough time in your life to write all the stories that you have in…

— Ray Bradbury

Every successful author I know faced crushing rejection early on, and they got back up and kept going.

— Karin Slaughter