Comments on: The Quick 10: How 10 Famous People Were Rejected

By: James A. Ritchie

James A. Ritchie — Fri, 01 Jul 2011 20:59:34 +0000

I know this is an old thread, but some things never seem to die. Gone With the Wind was never rejected. Not even once.

It wasn’t even actually submitted anywhere. The editor dug out the dusty manuscript when visiting Mitchell in Atlanta, and bought it.

By: Rachel

Rachel — Wed, 04 Mar 2009 07:30:00 +0000

Not really sure that Monopoly belongs on this list … Google it. Monopoly and “creator” Charles Darrow have somewhat of a dark history.

By: Marleny

Marleny — Fri, 06 Feb 2009 18:01:00 +0000

Michael Jordan was cut from his High School basketball team. Go figure!

By: Jason

Jason — Fri, 06 Feb 2009 15:28:00 +0000

Over 25 years ago in school I dropped out of guitar class because I was afraid I would fail. The school put me in typing class instead. If I would have stayed in guitar class, would you be listing to my music right now instead of reading what I typed?

By: Scotty

Scotty — Fri, 06 Feb 2009 14:18:00 +0000

I know it is not as impressive, but Gene Hackman was told in acting school that he had no talent, no timing and would never succeed as an actor.
(At least from what I remember of his appearance on “Inside the Actor’s Studio”).

By: kate

kate — Fri, 06 Feb 2009 14:01:00 +0000

Fascinating! I agree with SpaceMonkey–I can’t say I actually blame the publishers too much on that one. I probably would have called security. :)

Gone with the Wind is interesting. I wonder what the rationale for its rejection was–perhaps length? (By the way, GWTW would make an excellent post sometime–Quick 10 or otherwise–you could do the book and/or the movie.)

By: adrienne

adrienne — Fri, 06 Feb 2009 03:25:00 +0000

Oh, Emily Dickinson… my tears block my tongue.

By: PartiallyDeflected

PartiallyDeflected — Fri, 06 Feb 2009 02:30:00 +0000

Hendrix got booed of the stage and removed from the concert because his act was not compatible with/appropriate for the Monkees’ audience.

By: SpaceMonkeyX

SpaceMonkeyX — Thu, 05 Feb 2009 22:02:00 +0000

Honestly, if I were a publisher, and some guy named Jack Kerouac came into my office with a 120-foot scroll of typing paper pages taped together, covered in blocks of single-spaced, non-formatted paragraphs, which he claimed to have written in only three weeks, I’m not sure I would have even bothered to read it, let alone publish it.

By: Reed

Reed — Thu, 05 Feb 2009 21:51:00 +0000

Thanks for the reminder! Keepin’ on…