Make Quote by Tomi Adeyemi

I don't abandon stories once I've started working on them. Once I sit down and start a story, I'll be damned if I'm going…

— Kelly Link

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

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

— Gilbert Morris

My story is one of ups and downs. It's made up of tastes of success and a lot more rejection.

— Iskra Lawrence

I could write an entertaining novel about rejection slips, but I fear it would be overly long.

— Louise Brown

“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

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

— Carol Leifer

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

You can start making up any kind of story if you want to.

— Maurice Sendak

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

“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

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

— Jonathan Weeks