Never read bad stuff if you're an artist; it will impair your own game.
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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.James Lee Burke
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.
James Lee Burke
You do it a day at a time. You write as well as you can, you put it in the mail, you leave it under submission, you never leave it at home.
James Lee Burke
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.
James Lee Burke
There's nothing like rejection to make you do an inventory of yourself.
James Lee Burke
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