Rejection is the sand in the oyster, the irritant that ultimately produces the pearl.

J. Burke Wilkinson

https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/19517.Burke_Wilkinson

https://www.amazon.com/Burke-Wilkinson/e/B001HO7F6A%3Fref=dbs_a_mng_rwt_scns_share

I think what I try to do with all the naysayers, negative comments, or even people that think you can’t do it, I’m trying very hard to use it as motivation and to add that chip on my shoulder.

Erin Andrews

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Erin_Andrews

All of us have a place in history. Mine is clouds.

Richard Brautigan

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Brautigan

We read books to find out who we are.

Ursula K. Le Guin

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ursula_K._Le_Guin

My purpose is to entertain myself first and other people second.

John D. Macdonald

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_D._MacDonald

A critic is a man who knows the way but can’t drive the car.

Kenneth Tynan

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kenneth_Tynan

The most helpful quality a writer can cultivate is self-confidence – arrogance if you can manage it. You write to impose yourself on the world, and you have to believe in your own ability when the world shows no sign of agreeing with you.

Hilary Mantel

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hilary_Mantel

It’s never going to be very mainstream. One reason is that poetry requires concentration, both on the part of the writer and the reader. But it’s kind of unkillable, poetry. It’s our most ancient art form and I think it’s more relevant today than ever because it is one person saying what they really believe.

Simon Armitage

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simon_Armitage

A good style should show no sign of effort. What is written should seem a happy accident.

W. Somerset Maugham

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/W._Somerset_Maugham

The book trade is a spiritual barometer of a nation’s well-being.

John Buchan

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Buchan