On Rejection

I was reading about publishers rejection letters and came across the following, which I thought were priceless and worth posting here:

There's the rejection from Samuel Johnson: "Your manuscript is both good and original; but the part that is good is not original, and the part that is original is not good."

He is also said to have rejected a manuscript with "I am in the smallest room of my house, and your manuscript is before me. Soon it shall be behind me."

Now that's harsh.

Funny though.

I'd recommend visiting the site I saw this on and having a read. It's very informative.

http://www.nielsenhayden.com/makinglight/archives/004641.html