Before I Sold Quotes
- Work like hell! I had 122 rejection slips before I sold a story. — F. Scott Fitzgerald
- I wrote for years before I was ever published, and I don't think I could ever stop. That said, I was also a veterinarian before… — James Rollins
- I worked in Hollywood as a reader and a would-be writer for about 6 years before I sold my first story. — Sidney Sheldon