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Rejection Slips Quotes by Jerry Spinelli
- It's a shame publishers send rejection slips. Writers should get something more substantial than a slip that amounts to a pile of confetti. Publishers should…
- Nobody told me how hard it was going to be to get published. I wrote four novels that nobody wanted, sent them out all over,…
More Rejection Slips Quotes
- I used to save all my rejection slips because I told myself, one day I'm going to autograph these and auction them.… — James Lee Burke
- I am the luckiest novelist in the world. I was a first-time novelist who wasn't awash in rejection slips, whose manuscript didn't… — Vikas Swarup
- I've got a folder full of rejection slips that I keep. Know why? Because those same editors are now calling my agent… — MaryJanice Davidson
- I could write an entertaining novel about rejection slips, but I fear it would be overly long. — Louise Brown
- I wrote for twelve years and collected 250 rejection slips before getting any fiction published, so I guess outside reinforcement isn't all… — Lisa Alther
- To ward off a feeling of failure, she joked that she could wallpaper her bathroom with rejection slips, which she chose not… — Anita Shreve
- I had immediate success in the sense that I sold something right off the bat. I thought it was going to be… — Fred Saberhagen
- It had been fourteen years and I hadn't had anything published. I had 250 rejection slips. I got my first novel published… — Lisa Alther
- Work like hell! I had 122 rejection slips before I sold a story. — F. Scott Fitzgerald
- It's a shame publishers send rejection slips. Writers should get something more substantial than a slip that amounts to a pile of… — Jerry Spinelli
- By 17, I was submitting to publications and collecting my first rejection slips. — Laurell K. Hamilton
- Nobody told me how hard it was going to be to get published. I wrote four novels that nobody wanted, sent them… — Jerry Spinelli