Books Quote by Karin Slaughter

Every published writer, myself included, was at one time unpublished. All writers know what rejection feels like.

— Andrew Shaffer

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

“Note to aspiring writers: This is actually not that many rejections in the grand scheme of things. I know published writers whose rejection count…

— Jennifer Weiner

Rejections are painful, but inevitable. They're every writer's rite of passage.

— Octavia Butler

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

“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

Nobody told me how hard it was going to be to get published. I wrote four novels that nobody wanted, sent them out all…

— Jerry Spinelli

My first novel was rejected by some of the most eminent publishers in the world. Starting again was a real wrench.

— Wilbur Smith

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

Authors by the hundreds can tell you stories by the thousands of those rejection slips before they found a publisher who was willing to…

— Zig Ziglar

“Rejection has value. It teaches us when our work or our skillset is not good enough and must be made better. This is a…

— Chuck Wendig

I've rejected certain books, then gone back later and loved them.

— J. Courtney Sullivan