Belief Quote by Patrick Rothfuss

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

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

I heard you had to get 200 rejections before you got published.

— Andrew Sean Greer

Most writers, including myself, had to endure a lot of rejections before finally getting published. You could wallpaper a sizeable bathroom with the rejection…

— Jonathan Weeks

It's a shame publishers send rejection slips. Writers should get something more substantial than a slip that amounts to a pile of confetti. Publishers…

— Jerry Spinelli

Every published writer, myself included, was at one time unpublished.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

— Andrew Shaffer

I wrote for twelve years and collected 250 rejection slips before getting any fiction published, so I guess outside reinforcement isn't all that important…

— Lisa Alther

Some people have an unrealistic expectation when it comes to getting published; the fact is most publishers will turn down your work which is…

— Judith Guest

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

I've found that my first drafts are not so special. But the more I work on them, the better they get. They are more…

— George Saunders

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

— Wilbur Smith

The key to not getting rejected if you're writing for a magazine, is to know to read that magazine and know everything about them…

— Homer Hickam