Sofia Coppola once said, “I would rather do something that some people really connect to and some people reject. I never want to make something just mediocre”
“It’s a blessing, in a way.” —Yoko Ono Photo: Getty Images Dealing with rejection is a universal experience. Anyone who dares to chase after a dream will — at some point in the journey — encounter a closed door or a glass ceiling.
Nobody knows more about dealing with rejection than writers, artists, and individuals in the creative fields. We’ve culled together words from women like Sylvia Plath, Yoko Ono, and Misty Copeland on how they’ve learned to deal with doors slamming in their faces and finding the will to rise above it all.“What if our work isn’t good enough? We get rejections.
[AB:] We are. And there is a sadness in that. I wanted to think we were special, more highly evolved somehow. I really believed that in my youth. Obviously that’s ridiculous — we’re the same as everyone else, and it’s amazing that that is being acknowledged. But I feel wistful for the sense of being special. When gay people were rejected, there was this camaraderie and this sense of community that I don’t feel anymore. I miss that. But I wouldn’t want to go back politically.
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