Isaac Asimov Quotes

I kept sending out stories and getting rejected.

Nobody told me how hard it was going to be to get published. I wrote four novels that nobody wanted, sent them out all over, collected hundreds and hundreds of rejection slips.

My first novel was rejected by some of the most eminent publishers in the world. Starting again was a real wrench.

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

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

I've gotten rejected a lot.

There are no guarantees in the music field. There's a lot of rejection, a lot of criticism and a lot of disappointment. You have to be prepared for that. And after 1973, it just wasn't happening for me.

I got booed by my own fans when I came on in my first game for England. You go through things that are ridiculous. But you get to the stage you realise everyone's got an opinion.

I was quite small as a lad compared to everyone else so I didn't stand a chance at Southampton. They told me one day that they weren't interested so I moved on. I just went away and enjoyed my football.

I've had enough rejection for multiple lifetimes.

Rejection is the one constant of human experience.

I opened up to you and you judge me

What's important is not the accolades and memories of success but the way you respond when opportunities are denied.

...the vital point to remember is that the swine who just sent your pearl of a story back with nothing but a coffee-stain and a printed rejection slip can be wrong. You cannot take it for granted that he is wrong, but you have an all-important margin of hope that might be enough to keep you going.

The haters can just keep hating but I'm certainly not stopping because of them. But I can't say it doesn't hurt. It hurts a great deal. It hurts very much.

This you have to understand. There's only one way to hurt a man who's lost everything. Give him back something broken.

I've been shot down so many times, I get altitude sickness just from standing up for myself.

Rejection kills, disappointment only maims.

When Time got rid of my column, I thought it was all over. It was really sad. And then, I just started pushing it to lots of places. And I thought someone would run my column, I thought it was popular, and no one wanted it.

Rejection is inevitable. Let it hit you hard for a moment, feel the hurt, and then move on.

There are two wrong reactions to a rejection slip: deciding it's a final judgment on your story and/or talent, and deciding it's no judgment on your story and/or talent.

Life isn't just addition and subtraction. There's also the accumulation, the multiplication, of loss, of failure.

I've always been criticized, right from the beginning! Right from the very first day I was born... They said I wasn't right for the part!

The road to life is rocky, and you may stumble too. So while you point your fingers, someone else is judging you.

Oh God, what's wrong with me? Why does nothing ever work out?