(22 quotes found)
“There's nothing like rejection to make you do an inventory of yourself.”
James Lee Burke
“When you find the right people, you never let go. The people who count are the ones who are your friends in lean times. You have all the friends you want when things are going well.”
“Every rejection is incremental payment on your dues that in some way will be translated back into your work.”
“Never read bad stuff if you're an artist; it will impair your own game.”
“The story of Ulysses and Agamemnon and Menelaus, of Jesus, of the Good Knight of Chaucer, lives in every one of us.”
“I used to save all my rejection slips because I told myself, one day I'm going to autograph these and auction them. And then I lost the box.”
“Every artist knows that at some point the gift he has will eventually be made manifest. He will, at some point, see the work he has done improve the lives of others around him. But I think every artist also realizes that time will go away from him, too. Success is a fickle companion.”
“Today, there are more opportunities for writers in terms of access to larger success, but it's more difficult to publish a literary novel in the lower ranges. In other words, you almost have to hit a home run. You can hit a triple, maybe, but nobody's interested in a single.”
“The only thing an artist has to remember is to never lose faith in his vision.”
“I wouldn't write anything autobiographical. If you've lived a life like Laurence of Arabia, it might be a consideration, but otherwise it's a little bit vain, it seems to me.”
