Every day Quote by Heather Grace Stewart

You have to read a lot so you know what good writing looks like and you get inspired. You have to write a lot…

— Rick Riordan

Learn from your rejections and polish your craft. Write for the sheer joy of being creative.

— Jonathan Weeks

It's not easy. I got lots of rejections when I first started out. If you want to write, you have to believe in yourself…

— Rick Riordan

I’d recommend learning to accept rejection. Become friends with rejection. Be nice to rejection, because it’s a huge part of being a writer, no…

— A. J. Jacobs

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

— Carol Leifer

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

Keep reading and writing, learn how to revise, and push through rejections. My second book, Monsoon Summer, was rejected over 20 times and finally…

— Mitali Perkins

“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

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

— Gilbert Morris

People are going to bash you. You get rejected. It's hard. I don't really feel like that's my place as the teacher. I think…

— Molly Antopol

“Dear Aspiring Writer, you are not ready. Stop. Put that finished story away and start another one. In a month, go back and look…

— Inez Kelley

It is important to know: 1) You are OK just the way you are. You need a strong stomach, a tough hide, and to…

— Kay WalkingStick