I discovered that rejections are not altogether a bad thing… - Saul Bellow

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I discovered that rejections are not altogether a bad thing. They teach a writer to rely on his own judgment and to say in his heart of hearts, "To hell with you."

Saul Bellow

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About Saul Bellow

Saul Bellow (10 June 1915 – 5 April 2005) was a Canadian-born American writer. He won the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1976 and the National Medal of Arts in 1988.

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Birth Name: Solomon Bellows

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There is only one way to defeat the enemy, and that is to write as well as one can. The best argument is an undeniably good book.

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