Iโd recommend learning to accept rejection. Become friends with rejection. Be nice to rejection, because itโs a huge part of being a writer, no matter where you are in your career.
A. J. JacobsAfter a while, if you're committed, you start to believe in the things in which you're praying. It's just cognitive dissonance. You can't live a completely religious life and not start to have it sink in.
A. J. JacobsMy reading list grows exponentially. Every time I read a book, it'll mention three other books I feel I have to read. It's like a particularly relentless series of pop-up ads.
A. J. JacobsIt comes back to the old question: How can the Bible be so wise in some places and so barbaric in others? And why should we put any faith in a book that includes such brutality?
A. J. Jacobs