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Literary Success Quotes

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"The Giver was a huge success, selling 12 million copies and winning a Newbery Award."
"My writing didn't work financially until I won the Booker Prize... I wrote because I loved it, I was passionate about it, and it was the only thing I really wanted to do."
"Mistborn, aka The Final Empire, coming in at 211,959 words, achieved incredible commercial and critical success."
"Lord of the Rings also single-handedly proves the viability of selling adults fantasy."
"Micron, AMD, Meta, they're all going to look the same."
"I wanted about a million people to read my book, and I'm really, really proud of that."
"Harry Potter became the best-selling book series in history."
"The series was so big that it ended up getting published as an actual five book series."
"Tolkien was able to create an incredibly imaginative and vibrant world that still sucks in Raiders today when most people see a little bit of Middle Earth they'll always want to come back for the rest of their lives."
"John's literary success: nothing short of astronomical."
"Throughout his career, Stephen King's books have sold over 350 million copies."
"Major major congrats! 50 million copies, insane!"
"I'm thrilled to be on to bestsellers list I truly am I feel almost ungrateful not basking in that more and focusing on all these other things which how I know my mind is tired."
"Considered an absolute classic of American literature, "Tom Sawyer" set him on a streak of successes."
"The Oracle is groundbreaking, it's your fifth book, it's going to be a runaway bestseller."
"Beatrix Potter was the JK Rowling of her age, this very determined woman who knew that she'd created this character that everybody would love."
"Game of Thrones is probably one of the most, actually I think it's probably basically the most popular fantasy series of the last ten years."
"How do you feel about the success of your book?"
"Shadow of the Gods, Ester John Gwynne, holy Jesus. This is going to be a book I can confidently say is going to propel him to next levels as an author."
"I flunked English twice... today I'm a best-selling author."
"JK Rowling's reaction is that she is very flattered by the fact there is such great interest in her Harry Potter series."
"The novel was not only successful But it was also massively influential."
"The mysterious case of Rudolph diesel by Doug brunt it's officially a New York Times bestseller."
"The success of one author is ultimately a success for all authors."
"CS Lewis's Narnia stories have sold over a hundred million copies."
"It proved that his first book the previous year was not a fluke of a success."
"Countless Dr. Seuss favorites soared to the top of Amazon's best-sellers list."
"Jane Eyre was published on October the 16th, 1847 and achieved immediate success with critics and the public."
"Thanks to you people buying my novels, thank you very much."
"Harry's book was a success, but Megan's was a flop."
"Worlds and Harem series, including digital and spin-offs, has seven million copies in circulation."
"In his heyday, his stories outsold those of Sherlock Holmes."
"If you want to know more about that surgery, go watch my weight loss video because I do go into like the recovery of that and that they got infected and it was just honestly the worst surgery I've ever had."
"Kurt Cobain's journals, published in 2002 and 2003, topped the New York Times bestseller list."
"366 weeks on the New York Times bestseller list. That's like seven years. That's incredible."
"It's a hell of a way to sell books, but it's better to sell them than not sell them."
"The best-selling defense attorney author of his generation."
"And now one of the dearest publishers in America, who has published the best-selling novel 'Owen Chores: Two Weeks in Another Town,' Mr. Bennett Cerf."
"Luckily for both us and JK, all of that hard work paid off as it gave us the series that we all love."
"She's one of the best-selling authors of all time, an icon of British popular culture."
"She would go on to write over 20 novels and win prestigious fiction writing awards."
"Black Sands is one of the only successful black-owned publishing houses in America."
"The greatest series of all time has reached 500 million copies sold."
"Best seller... which basically means they sold a lot of copies of that book."
"It's a brilliant book, it really launched Toni Morrison's career pretty perfectly."
"The success of Captain Underpants led to the creation of a spin-off series, Dogman."
"The light novel... was a breakthrough success, earning praise from readers and writers across the globe."
"I like your book, and I'd like to publish it."
"He really did a good job with his book, and it got a lot of exposure."
"The book eventually becomes a New York Times bestseller, and is awarded the Newberry Honor which is a huge deal."
"Bringing the book to new readers has been absolutely a dream come true."
"Following the success of the 'Flopsy Bunnies', 'The Tale of Peter Rabbit' was published."
"So far, your books have been read by more than 32 million people worldwide."
"She's now the best-selling author of 30 books which are available in 28 languages."
"There's a big difference between publishing a book and publishing a great book."
"Perhaps these factors explain the amazing success among his contemporaries of the Scottish writer Sir Walter Scott."
"It's been incredible how the book's been received."
"With the Museum of Innocence, Pamuk has proved that his place in the literary pantheon is secure."
"It's the most successful book ever by a local author."
"It's looking good, look at this book talk bestsellers box set."
"More than four hundred million copies of his books have been sold around the world."
"Thank you for making my book an overnight success."