Grumpy Quote by Kirby Larson

This is a stamina game, so don't despair if you run down a blind alley and have to start over, or if you get…

— Tim Maleeny

In my early career I was like a goldfish. Rejection didn't affect me; I'd just forget how bad it was and keep going back…

— Emily Watson

The real fear isn't rejection, but that there won't be enough time in your life to write all the stories that you have in…

— Ray Bradbury

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

— Carol Leifer

I've discovered that rejections are not altogether a bad thing. They teach a writer to rely on his own judgment and to say in…

— Saul Bellow

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

— Octavia Butler

“A struggling writer, 'I get hundreds of rejection letters each day. I am depressed with this life, Can you please help?' The Wise-man, 'No,…

— Santosh Kalwar

“It can be depressing when no one takes interest, and a lack of response makes the writer question why they’re writing at all. To…

— Lizz Clements

It was the worst period of my life. I had all this gigantic acceptance as a kid, and all of a sudden there was…

— Tommy Rettig

“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

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

Every published writer, myself included, was at one time unpublished.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

— Andrew Shaffer