Rejection Feelings Quotes

Every published writer, myself included, was at one time unpublished. All writers know what rejection feels like.

Sometimes I claim I write because I put in an application at Sears and they've never called back.

The Oakland clubhouse is a wonderful place. A lot of these guys feel like rejects. They were rejects and they feel - they can tell you how baseball screwed up.

Knowing that you're the one who's been rejected, God it makes you feel isolated. I defy anybody not to be a bit upset. I felt as though I'd walked into the house trailing all this baggage.

I didn't want to read French or write it; it was like a boycott, a rejection.

The belief when your mother gives you away is that there's something deeply wrong. Mothers don't give babies away. There's something wrong with me, something unlovable, something seriously flawed in me. It's a fundamental thing; it's precognitive. You feel it rather than think it. How could you not?

It's not so nice when you don't feel wanted.

It's always disappointing when your work is not received as you hope it would be.

I started auditioning but at times would feel depressed, as I would get shortlisted but never received the final call. Only when the commercials were released would I come to know that I was not selected.