Darin Strauss : (4) " In Minneapolis, I learned that there are more theaters per square mile than in any U.S. city but New York, and we also had great Midwestern beef in our salads in a plaza overlooking the national headquarters of Target, Inc. " - Darin Strauss " The starkest rejection letter might be followed by a million-dollar advance. Don’t let rejection start to look the same as failure. " - Darin Strauss " When you write fiction, you have an ideal reader in your mind who’s sort of you but smarter. " - Darin Strauss " My knowledge of trains – and love before first sight, love at negative-one sight – comes from Alfred Hitchcock. " - Darin Strauss