Agents Quote by Augusten Burroughs

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

— John Scalzi

Like pretty much every short story writer, I submitted to every market under the sun and hoped for the best. The rejection letters I've…

— Ken Liu

I've had a lot of books rejected in my time. My first novel, which didn't get published, was, with hindsight, crashingly dull.

— Helen Fielding

I am a failure as a writer. The publishers won't publish me, the bookshops won't carry my books, the critics won't write about me.…

— Anais Nin

I have SO many books I didn't sell. Some my agent rejected outright, others made it all the way to my editor to be…

— Sarah Dessen

To be a writer is to embrace rejection as a way of life.

— Dana Stabenow

“Rejection is a challenge. Persistence is patience. Reward is a lifetime in the making. Despite what happens, only death will stop this author from…

— Veronica Purcell

“Your writing can be chosen by one publisher and hated by all readers, or it can be rejected by one publisher and loved by…

— Jarod Kintz

This is a stamina game, so don't despair if you run down a blind alley and have to start over, or if you get…

— Tim Maleeny

“Remember that with every rejection comes success because it's not in the results, but in the process of learning to write that makes you…

— P.B. Azeltine

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

— Carol Leifer

Your success as a writer will probably not depend on how well you write so much as in how you handle rejections.

— Gilbert Morris