One day, a certain laundry worker had a dream to be a writer. His supportive wife worked nights, typing his manuscripts and sending them to publishers. Each was rejected, even never read.

Finally, one publisher rejected a manuscript, but with the note that the writer should keep trying. So he forwarded two more manuscripts for the next months, and as before, they were rejected. Money got so tight for the couple they had to disconnect their phone to buy meds for their baby.

The laundry worker got so discouraged; he threw his latest manuscript into the garbage. But his wife got it out from the trash and sent it one more time to the same publisher.

That book, Carrie, sold over 5 million copies, and as a movie, was top-grossing film of the year.