“I know that when a door closes, it can feel like all doors are closing. A rejection letter can feel like everyone will reject us. But a closed door leads to clarity. It's really an arrow. Because we cannot go through that door, we will go somewhere else. That somewhere else is your true life.” KnowsFeelsDoorsLettersClarityRejectionRejectsArrowsSomewhere ElseClosingTrue LifeClosed DoorsRejection Letters Author:Tama J. Kieves
“I wrote a mad, passionate letter to the best restaurant in the UK, Le Gavroche in London, and asked if I could work for them. They gave me a job as a dishwasher (Colin laughs). For me that was a joy because I had a foot in the door of this world class restaurant. Just being around the buzz and the pots and pans and the wonderful food and all this produce that was coming in, that was the start of Paul Rankin the chef.” IfsWorldJobsJoyClassLaughingWonderfulDoorsFeetThis WorldProduceLettersMadPassionateLondonRestaurantsIf I CouldPotJust BeingChefBuzzWorld ClassDishwashersPots And Pans Author:Paul Rankin
“I never wrote anything down. I never kept a diary, never kept a journal. I did write one letter home about touring with the Doors that I used as a reference for the book for some details there, and then I was glad I had that, but that was it.” WritingBookHomeUsedDoorsLettersDetailsGladJournalDiariesTouring Author:Linda Ronstadt
“I don't fall into the physical manifestation of a man of letters. So I guess people assume the scripts are delivered to me under the door.” PeopleMenFallDoorsLettersAssumingScriptsManifestation Author:Sylvester Stallone
“After two years of sending out query letters and failing to get an agent, I made friends with an author, who was nice enough to introduce me to his agent. That got my foot in the door.” YearsMadeTwoEnoughNiceFailingDoorsFeetLettersAgentsTwo YearsIntroducingQueries Author:Patrick Rothfuss