Quotes by Rejection You do it a day at a time. You just put your rejection slips in a shoebox and tell yourself one day you're going to autograph them and sell them at auction. James Lee Burke rejectionone-daywriting Science is a search for basic truths about the Universe, a search which develops statements that appear to describe how the Universe works, but which are subject to correction, revision, adjustment, or even outright rejection, upon the presentation of better or conflicting evidence. James Randi revisionevidencerejection A good play is a good play. If you want to chalk up your rejection letters to the fact that you're a woman, that's your choice. But often you get a rejection letter because your play isn't ready. Or the time isn't ready for your play. And that has nothing to do with gender. Jane Anderson rejectionchoicesplay I took all of my rejection letters - there must have been thousands of them in a huge box - and I went out on the curb and burned them all, crying. Janet Evanovich cryrejectionletters Rejection kills, disappointment only maims. Janeane Garofalo rejectiondisappointment Don't you know that you're nothing more than a one night stand? Janis Joplin rejectionknowsnight Our times demand rejection of seven word bios. Jaron Lanier sevendemandrejection Rejection always hurts, but having it come from my best friend was the worst. Jay Asher my-best-friendrejectionhurt When new pages are sent to editors and see rejection, we should ask for the reasons. We must study the reasons for failure and learn. It's not about struggle with our limitations or with public or the publishers. It's more about treating it like in aikido; the strength of the attack is used to defeat him with the same effort. Jean Giraud rejectioneditorsstruggle I am good at walking away. Rejection teaches you how to reject. Jeanette Winterson walking-awayrejectionhurt I think with any sort of rejection, you're angry that you weren't enough for that person. So I don't know if I'm angry at myself for not being enough, or if I'm angry at him for not considering me to be enough. Jennie Garth divorcerejectionthinking People need to know you have to walk through that rejection, and it's only going to fuel you. If you can somehow look at it like it's a gift, you're just going to regroup, and work harder, and go deeper. So just embrace it. Jeremy Piven rejectionhard-workpeople She didn't mean to be unkind, why she even woke me up to say good-bye. Jerry Lee Lewis rejectionbyemean Nobody told me how hard it was going to be to get published. I wrote four novels that nobody wanted, sent them out all over, collected hundreds and hundreds of rejection slips. Jerry Spinelli rejectionfournovel I wrote short stories for seven years and used to mail them out. You couldn't send them by e-mail. I called them manila boomerangs. I'd seal the self-addressed stamped envelope inside an envelope and I'd mail it off, and it would come back six weeks later with a rejection letter in it. Jess Walter rejectionselfyears 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 should send something heavier. Editors should send out rejection bricks, so at the end of a lot of years, you would have something to show besides a wheelbarrow of rejection slips. Instead you could have enough bricks to build a house. Jerry Spinelli rejectioneditorsyears You've got to love this business. You have to be able to take rejection. Jessica Biel rejectionable All the rejection that I've been through only made me stronger, and it's part of being an entrepreneur. You kind of have to take the kid gloves off and let them feel it because it's not going to be the first time that someone's going to say "no" or close a door in your face. You're going to have to figure out how to burst through it. Jessica Alba rejectionentrepreneurkids One of my acting teachers once said that rejection is God's protection. There's something in it. Jillian Michaels protectionrejection As an actor, you deal with so much rejection and humiliation. When the good things come around, you tend not to trust your instincts. Jim Gaffigan instinctrejectionactors«89101112131415161718»
