Careers Quote by Dani Shapiro

I tell writers to keep reading, reading, reading. Read widely and deeply. And I tell them not to give up even after getting rejection…

— Anita Diament

The writing life doesn't move in a straight line. I've had successes and rejections all along the way, at every stage of my career,…

— Cheryl Strayed

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

— Dana Stabenow

I think the only person a writer has an obligation to is himself. If what I write doesn't fulfill something in me, if I…

— Truman Capote

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

— Gilbert Morris

I'm not fundamentally a writer. I know writers, and I have a tremendous amount of respect for them. It bothers me that no matter…

— Marc Maron

When I write, I tend to be quite cut off from the world. At that point of time, I'm not thinking about editors, publishers…

— Amish Tripathi

I love being a writer because I want to leave something here on earth to make it better, prettier, stronger.

— Cynthia Rylant

But what's a writer for? The whole point is to put yourself into other lives, other heads-writers have always done that. If you screw…

— Grace Paley

At the end of the day I am a writer, and if I don't take care of this, no one else will.

— Elizabeth Gilbert

As a writer, you can't allow yourself the luxury of being discouraged and giving up when you are rejected, either by agents or publishers.…

— Augusten Burroughs

Really, in the end, the only thing that can make you a writer is the person that you are, the intensity of your feeling,…

— Santha Rama Rau