Best Seller Quotes

34 Best Seller quotes by 27 unique authors

A best-seller was a book which somehow sold well because it was selling well. — Daniel J. Boorstin
God is the celebrity author of the world's best seller. We have made god into the biggest celebrity of all, to contain our own emptiness. — Daniel J. Boorstin
No one can write a best seller by trying to. He must write with complete sincerity; the clichés that make you laugh, the hackneyed characters,… — W. Somerset Maugham
I am always interested in why young people become writers, and from talking with many I have concluded that most do not want to be… — James A. Michener
Only a person with a Best Seller mind can write Best Sellers. — Aldous Huxley
Over-certified adjectives are the mark of most best-seller writing — Norman Mailer
My books always make the best-seller lists in Wolf Hole, Arizona, and Hanksville, Utah. — Edward Abbey
If we were a sex manual it'd be a best-seller. — Rick Carlisle
However, the daily life of the slaves in the South, as observed by many travelers, was obscured for all time by the relentless promotion of… — Eustace Mullins
A best-seller is the gilded tomb of a mediocre talent — Logan Pearsall Smith
You see, I used to do a certain amount of market research by going to the local drugstore and seeing what the truck drivers would… — Jerry Pournelle
I've sold too many books to get good reviews anymore. There's a lot of jealousy, because [reviewers] think they can write a good novel or… — John Grisham
My first book was rejected nine times. It turned out to be a best seller, Battle Cry? in 1953. — Leon Uris
By the respectable terms of the modern literary profession, novelists do not preach. And, in fact, there has probably not been a less respectable novelist… — Unknown Author
It had been fourteen years and I hadn't had anything published. I had 250 rejection slips. I got my first novel published and it was… — Lisa Alther
I don't think the English like me. I sold a colossal best seller in America, and they never really forgave me. — John Fowles
If it so happened that I had once written a best-seller, this was a pure accident, due to inattention and naivete, and I would take… — Thomas Merton
Best-sellerism is the star system of the book world. A "best seller" is a celebrity among books. It is a book known primarily (sometimes exclusively)… — Daniel J. Boorstin
If I can hit No. 1 on the 'New York Times' best-seller list, I'm thinking of having the entire list tattooed on my body somewhere.… — Camilla Lackberg
Even if you are a best-seller you feel insecure because it is all so unpredictable. — Patricia Cornwell
In the twentieth century our highest praise is to call the Bible 'The World's Best Seller.' And it has come to be more and more… — Daniel J. Boorstin
I ain't no author, man... my writing skills are not of 'New York Times' best-seller quality, trust and believe it ain't. My vocabulary ain't. — Steve Harvey
To be No. 1 on the 'New York Times' best-seller list, well, that's alarming. Having been a stand-up comedian, I think it's surprising to a… — Steve Harvey
Everywhere I go, I'm asked if I think the universities stifle writers. My opinion is that they don't stifle enough of them. There's many a… — Flannery O'Connor
I'm not a best-seller, but through translations, I've accumulated some money. — Manuel Puig

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