Gardner Dozois Quotes

It is the combination of reasonable talent and the ability to keep going in the face of defeat that leads to success.

You have to be tough and stick it out, or you wind up being nothing.

Success is a worn down pencil.

In the end, it's all about perseverance.

You're going through college, and you're going to be faced with a lot of things. You're going to face adversity, the main thing is don't quit. For many people it's easy to quit, but don't. That's what separates the winners from the losers, what separates the all-stars from the also-rans.

Even if I get thrown out of Hollywood, I'll come back. It took me 14 years to get where I am. I'm going to hang in there.

One of the most common causes of failure is the habit of quitting when one is overtaken by temporary defeat.

I'm a little shot that just kept on shooting.

Most failures could have been converted into successes if someone had held on another minute or made more effort.

Perseverance is demonstrated by those who keep going when the going gets tough, who don’t give up even when others say, It can’t be done.

I just keep fighting and try to be the last one standing.

What winning is to me is not giving up, is no matter what's thrown at me, I can take it. And I can keep going.

Success is not final, failure is not fatal: it is the courage to continue that counts.

Perseverance is failing 19 times and succeeding the 20th.

I still take losing out very seriously. But it inspires me that much more to move on. Quite often in my business, it's not the most talented people that succeed. Because they don't necessarily have the tenacity to deal with rejection.

I envision Hollywood as a race, and some people simply drop off before their turn comes around. It's all about stamina - your ability to get back up and keep going even though everything is pointing at the odds not being in your favor.

I'm a person who perseveres. You know, you fall down, you get up.

Even if I have no energy and I'm so tired, I don't give up.

I have been fascinated with survival and having to go on no matter what. That always appealed to me.

You learn after losing quite a bit, year after year, that you have to continue to work hard, stay tough, and endure to the end before it's going to work out.

I believe that refusing to quit and refusing to fail will trump talent and brilliance in the end.

Often it is tenacity, not talent, that rules the day.

I was relentless, even in the face of total lack of encouragement, because much more often than you'd think, sheer persistence is the difference between success and failure.

I realized early on that success was tied to not giving up. Most people in this business gave up and went on to other things. If you simply didn't give up, you would outlast the people who came in on the bus with you.