--- title: "20 Million Books Quotes by 19 authors" description: "Browse 20 Million Books quotes by 19 authors. Discover the best Million Books sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ee4/omar-delawar-52947_books_a-million-books-worth-of-theoretical-kno_89113.jpg" --- > [“A million books’ worth of theoretical knowledge couldn’t equal one direct experience of the self.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/omar-delawar/a-million-books-worth-of-theoretical-knowledge-couldn-t-equal-one/) [Omar Delawar](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/omar-delawar/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ee4/omar-delawar-52947_books_a-million-books-worth-of-theoretical-kno_89113.jpg) > [It's great that in the German language I've sold almost 30 million books. Isn't that amazing?](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ken-follett/it-s-great-that-in-the-german-language-i-ve-sold-almost-30-million/) [Ken Follett](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ken-follett/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/55c/ken-follett-941_amazing_it-s-great-that-in-the-german-language-i_459648.jpg) > [There are seventy million books in American libraries, but the one you want is always out.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/there-are-seventy-million-books-in-american-libraries-but-the-one-you/) [Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3e8/anonymous-1_books_there-are-seventy-million-books-in-ameri_3027607.jpg) > [Why I have had such a huge career and why I have sold over four million books, is that people can do…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sandra-lee/why-i-have-had-such-a-huge-career-and-why-i-have-sold-over-four/) [Sandra Lee](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sandra-lee/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ef6/sandra-lee-14314_book_why-i-have-had-such-a-huge-career-and-wh_2729817.png) > [“Sell a million books - Very nice... Release a best seller - Amazing... Your book just makes one person smile, laugh or…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jimmy-perrin/sell-a-million-books-very-nice-release-a-best-seller-amazing-your/) [Jimmy Perrin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jimmy-perrin/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ba0/jimmy-perrin-248272_book_sell-a-million-books-very-nice-release-a_2418412.jpg) > [Seventy million books in America's libraries, but the one you want to read is always out.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-lansing-masson/seventy-million-books-in-america-s-libraries-but-the-one-you-want-to/) [Thomas Lansing Masson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-lansing-masson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/056/thomas-lansing-masson-42819_america_seventy-million-books-in-america-s-libra_1957050.jpg) > [I sold a million books because I have a lot of fans, not because people hate me.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tucker-max/i-sold-a-million-books-because-i-have-a-lot-of-fans-not-because/) [Tucker Max](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tucker-max/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4d2/tucker-max-2064_book_i-sold-a-million-books-because-i-have-a_1900270.png) > [I honestly thought I probably did sell 100 million books. That doesn't seem out of the ordinary to me.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/clive-cussler/i-honestly-thought-i-probably-did-sell-100-million-books-that-doesn-t/) [Clive Cussler](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/clive-cussler/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/961/clive-cussler-6870_books_i-honestly-thought-i-probably-did-sell-1_464466.jpg) > [I can't actually wrap my mind around it easily - I can't really visualize what 2 million books looks like... So I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rick-riordan/i-can-t-actually-wrap-my-mind-around-it-easily-i-can-t-really/) [Rick Riordan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rick-riordan/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/23c/rick-riordan-27_actually_i-can-t-actually-wrap-my-mind-around-it_1380200.jpg) > [“At a time when the continent’s total population was approximately 70 million, most of whom could neither read nor write, an estimated…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/phyllis-goldstein/at-a-time-when-the-continent-s-total-population-was-approximately-70/) [Phyllis Goldstein](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/phyllis-goldstein/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bfb/phyllis-goldstein-7858_books_at-a-time-when-the-continent-s-total-pop_1807912.jpg) > [We always live in different places because I work in different places so the first thing I do is have 8 million…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elizabeth-mitchell/we-always-live-in-different-places-because-i-work-in-different-places/) [Elizabeth Mitchell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/elizabeth-mitchell/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/39f/elizabeth-mitchell-19844_books_we-always-live-in-different-places-becau_2790690.jpg) > [Hemingway hated me. I sold 200 million books, and he didn't. Of course most of mine sold for 25 cents, but still...…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mickey-spillane/hemingway-hated-me-i-sold-200-million-books-and-he-didn-t-of-course/) [Mickey Spillane](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mickey-spillane/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f6c/mickey-spillane-13884_books_hemingway-hated-me-i-sold-200-million-bo_2012371.jpg) > [“From the days of Sumerian clay tablets until now, humans have “published” at least 310 million books, 1.4 billion articles and essays,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kevin-kelly/from-the-days-of-sumerian-clay-tablets-until-now-humans-have/) [Kevin Kelly](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kevin-kelly/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c6a/kevin-kelly-2418_tv-shows_from-the-days-of-sumerian-clay-tablets-u_172257.png) > [There are 20,000 million books I could have to read, but I can pick the ones and know that I'm learning something…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/doris-kearns-goodwin/there-are-20-000-million-books-i-could-have-to-read-but-i-can-pick/) [Doris Kearns Goodwin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/doris-kearns-goodwin/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/384/doris-kearns-goodwin-1951_book_there-are-20-000-million-books-i-could-h_154677.png) > [“Over a million? A million books?” Her heart leapt and danced, and she cracked a smile. “I’d die before I even got…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sarah-j-maas/over-a-million-a-million-books-her-heart-leapt-and-danced-and-she/) [Sarah J. Maas](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sarah-j-maas/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c11/sarah-j-maas-58_books_over-a-million-a-million-books-her-heart_373795.png) > [There are a lot of people out there who will write books, in which everything turns out nicely and the bad guys…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-r-r-martin-2/there-are-a-lot-of-people-out-there-who-will-write-books-in-which/) [George R. R. Martin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-r-r-martin-2/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/275/george-r-r-martin-2-926_bad-guy_there-are-a-lot-of-people-out-there-who_1899903.jpg) > [“Our house is old, and noisy, and full. when we moved into it we had two children and about five thousand books;…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/shirley-jackson/our-house-is-old-and-noisy-and-full-when-we-moved-into-it-we-had-two/) [Shirley Jackson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/shirley-jackson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4b6/shirley-jackson-1526_children_our-house-is-old-and-noisy-and-full-when_439874.jpg) > [“She’d entered a city made entirely of leather and paper. Celaena put a hand against her heart. Escape routes be damned. “I’ve…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sarah-j-maas/she-d-entered-a-city-made-entirely-of-leather-and-paper-celaena-put-a/) [Sarah J. Maas](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sarah-j-maas/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/af3/sarah-j-maas-58_last-time_she-d-entered-a-city-made-entirely-of-le_1141785.jpg) > [“The 1920s was a great time for reading altogether—very possibly the peak decade for reading in American life. Soon it would be…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bill-bryson/the-1920s-was-a-great-time-for-reading-altogether-very-possibly-the-2/) [Bill Bryson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bill-bryson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/12d/bill-bryson-340_american-life_the-1920s-was-a-great-time-for-reading-a_2154335.png) > [“Currently, the Library of Congress houses eighteen million books. American publishers add another two hundred thousand titles to this stack each year.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tony-reinke/currently-the-library-of-congress-houses-eighteen-million-books/) [Tony Reinke](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tony-reinke/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/553/tony-reinke-21188_ambition_currently-the-library-of-congress-houses_1927236.jpg) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/million-books/#itemlist", "name": "Million Books Quotes", "numberOfItems": 20, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“A million books’ worth of theoretical knowledge couldn’t equal one direct experience of the self.”", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Omar Delawar" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/omar-delawar/a-million-books-worth-of-theoretical-knowledge-couldn-t-equal-one/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ee4/omar-delawar-52947_books_a-million-books-worth-of-theoretical-kno_89113.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ee4/omar-delawar-52947_books_a-million-books-worth-of-theoretical-kno_89113.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ee4/omar-delawar-52947_books_a-million-books-worth-of-theoretical-kno_89113.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“A million books’ worth of theoretical knowledge couldn’t equal one direct experience of the self.” — Omar Delawar", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "It's great that in the German language I've sold almost 30 million books. 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