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I have been rejected 120 times, probably because I didn't write the right book.

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. You absolutely must plow forward.

Being rejected is not nice, and it never gets any easier no matter where you are in your career.

I find I have to respond to a character or a story to choose a job.

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

I've had way more rejections than I've had jobs.

Constant rejection. No security. Career paths being dictated by freelance reviewers. And of course, the terror of the writing desk, of the blank page. Why is it so hard for our non-writer friends to understand this - that it's a job?

Rejection is, of course, part of any successful model's career, as ironic as that sounds. It's how you pick yourself up and get on with the job.

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

I sold 'Time Life' books on the telephone. It's probably the only pure skill job I've ever had. When you're on and you're good, you get 'yes' after 'yes.' When you're slightly off, you get rejection after rejection. It was one of the greatest jobs I ever had. It was brutal.