Save your rejections so that later when you are famous you can show them to people and laugh.

Most of the writers I know work every day, in obscurity and close to poverty, trying to say one thing well and true. Day in, day out, they labor to find their voice, to learn their trade, to understand nuance and pace. And then, facing a sea of rejections, they hear about something like Barbara Bush's dog getting a book deal.

Save your rejections so that later when you are famous you can show them to people and laugh.