People who think they know everything are a great annoyance to those of us who do.
I am not a speed reader. I am a speed understander.
All roads lead to Trantor, says the old proverb, and that is where all stars end.
Nonsense! The most hopelessly stupid man is he who is not aware that he is wise.
Rejection slips, or form letters, however tactfully phrased, are lacerations of the soul, if not quite inventions of the devil-but there is no way around them.
You must keep sending work out; you must never let a manuscript do nothing but eat its head off in a drawer. You send that work out again and again, while you're working on another one. If you have talent, you will receive some measure of success - but only if you persist.