Success Quote by 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

“Writers are a superior breed. No one else can face so much rejection and still thrive.”

— Susie Smith

“Rejection is a writer's best friend. If you are not failing regularly, you are living so far below your potential that you're failing anyway.”

— Gregg Levoy

“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

“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

Engrave this in your brain: EVERY WRITER GETS REJECTED. You will be no different.

— John Scalzi

“For a writer, every rejection is a small cut … until he bleeds to death.”

— Howard Giordano

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

— Dana Stabenow

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

— Octavia Butler

“To write a lot, you should rethink your mental models of rejection and publication. Rejections are like a sales tax on publications: The more…

— Paul J. Silvia

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

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