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

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Source : Gilbert Morris (1994). “How to write (and sell) a Christian novel: proven and practical advice from a best-selling author”

Gilbert Morris

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“The dispassionate intellect, the open mind, the unprejudiced observer, exist in an exact sense only in a sort of intellectualist folk-lore; states even approaching them cannot be reached without a moral and emotional effort most of us cannot or will not make.”
“I always just wanted to be funny. I never really planned to be scary.”

Source : "R.L. Stine Talks New Book, 'Red Rain'". Interview with Jackie Nash, www.biography.com. October 10, 2012.
“Looking, acting, and ultimately being Prep is not restricted to an elite minority lucky enough to attend prestigious private schools, just because an ancestor or two happened to arrive here on the Mayflower. You don't even have to be a registered Republican.”

Source : Lisa Birnbach (1980). “The official preppy handbook”, Workman Publishing
“Few places in this world are more dangerous than home. Fear not, therefore, to try the mountain passes. They will kill care, save you from deadly apathy, set you free, and call forth every faculty into vigorous, enthusiastic action.”
“Every risk is worth taking as long as it's for a good cause, and contributes to a good life.”
“In due course we arrive, if wit can be said that we ever fully arrive. The truth is there are destinations beyond destinations and do the confirmed sailor goes on tacking forever.”
“You always draw from yourselves even if you're playing the most crazy type of person. What you really want is to be three-dimensional.”
“Open your eyes, look within. Are you satisfied with the life you're living?”

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