Darin Strauss : (3) " 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