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Copies Quotes

What millions of copies sold actually mean.

These quotes come from authors and game creators talking candidly about what drives huge sales numbers, and why raw copy counts don't tell the full story. Learn more in our Book quotes collection.

Someday I hope to write a book where the royalties will pay for the copies I give away.

Quotes by Clarence Darrow

I think it's counterproductive for actors to come to the set with well-thumbed copies of the book their film is adapted from.

Quotes by Charles Dance

Poison is one of the first, if not the first, truly independent bands to sell 3 million copies of our first record. It was before we were with a big company.

Quotes by Bret Michaels

We got involved with the RepRap Project, a community focused on making 3-D printers that could make copies of themselves and help create a world without money. We started making prototypes.

Quotes by Bre Pettis

In 1983 I'd had a number one. I'd sold 6 million copies of Total Eclipse Of The Heart all over the world.

Quotes by Bonnie Tyler

I've worked with the Los Angeles Zoo for 45 years, and we have this magnificent photographer, Tad Motoyama. He takes these wonderful, wonderful animal pictures. All through the years he's given me copies of these pictures. Well, I have all...

Quotes by Betty White

If you look at the copies of Churchill's speeches that have survived, they are heavily marked up. He was scrupulous about the impact of each word. He preferred short words and the repetition of short words. He knew everything about...

Quotes by Anthony McCarten

I was really overwhelmed by the amount of roles that I got offered that were carbon copies of what I did in 'Up in the Air.' I got every offer for every ambitious, unfeeling practically robotic character.

Quotes by Anna Kendrick

Making duplicate copies and computer printouts of things no one wanted even one of in the first place is giving America a new sense of purpose.

Quotes by Andy Rooney

My first book was so horrible I have deleted all copies of it. Thankfully, it was before the Internet, so there are no lurking caches of it anywhere.

Quotes by Andy Weir

There's a substantial difference between dumping 100 copies of the 'Telegraph' at a Connex South Central station and giving away copies of the 'Business' with the 'Mail on Sunday.' 'This kind of circulation is valuable and enhances the brand. Leaving...

Quotes by Andrew Neil

One of the more fantastic possibilities is that man will be able to make biological carbon copies of himself.

Quotes by Alvin Toffler

When Edna O'Brien's first novel, 'The Country Girls,' was published in 1960, her family and neighbors in the small Irish village where she was born tossed copies into a bonfire expressly set for that horrifying purpose.

Quotes by Alan Cheuse

Some people try to paint in my style. Some simply sell pirated copies of my work. Some claim to be my publisher or agent or even my exclusive representative, when they are not.

There is a difference between the stuff that people put online themselves, like pictures and their trips and flights and meals they've eaten, than the stuff that they don't realize is also going into foreign computers. Like, for example, copies...

Frequently Asked Questions

What are these copies quotes mainly about?
They're about the business side of creative work, specifically what it takes to sell a huge number of copies of a book or game.
Do the quotes suggest big sales always mean great quality?
Not necessarily, several point out that other factors, like multiplayer features or marketing, can drive huge numbers just as much as storytelling.
Are there quotes about books specifically?
Yes, including thoughts on how bestseller charts are treated as proof of public taste, even when that's debatable; see more in our Book quotes collection.
What about the games industry?
A couple of quotes compare pricing and sales expectations for games against traditional media, questioning if today's numbers still add up the same way.
Who would find this collection useful?
Anyone curious about how creators and executives actually think about audience size, pricing, and success in publishing and gaming.

Curious how creative work turns into a livelihood? Our Business quotes and Copy quotes pages dig further into the industry side of things.