Quotes About Achievement

Hemingway hated me. I sold 200 million books, and he didn't. Of course most of mine sold for 25 cents, but still... you look at all this stuff with a grain of salt.

How lucky can one guy get? I was a runaway, and then I was in one of the biggest bands in the world. I've sold out every arena. I've sold millions and millions of records.

I started in 1957 when I sold my first story to a magazine.

It's great that in the German language I've sold almost 30 million books. Isn't that amazing?

When I sold my first company at 30, I could have done whatever I wanted to do.

When I sold my first business, I wanted to do something nice for my dad. I wanted to give my parents a bunch of money, but they wouldn't take anything from me. They were so happy for me; they felt they didn't need money.

It's a blessing and a curse when your first big public album does so well. 'Twentysomething' sold four million copies - I think we were hoping to sell 80,000. And it's still selling. In some ways, you'll always be defined by that.

I sold a million books because I have a lot of fans, not because people hate me.

I have sold 120 million records. Half of those could be in Europe.

There was a time, after I earned my graduate degree and before I sold my first novel, when it looked like I might have to get an office job.

Our parents are beyond proud that we never sold out once and created something together.

I've sold a lot of records. I've sold, like, 150 million records, and I don't think I've had that many good reviews. It's one of those things that when you're really successful, critics hate you just because you're successful.

Our first album sold a million copies. Because we had such a big hit on the first album, it's always like, 'You can't top the first album.'

I sold my first story when I was 21 in 1973.

The books I've written the fastest were the best reviewed and sold the best.

In our early days, being recognized on any list of great companies was hard to imagine. There were times when we sold the office furniture to make payroll.

I first sold a cartoon for five dollars. I was in the fifth grade.

I think I became less literary after I sold more!

When you think about it, we sold about 120 million records, which relates to about £1.2 billion in the U.K. economy. We've seen very little of that.

When I got to the second album, there was an expectation, because we'd sold nearly seven million albums on the first record, that this would do eight or nine.

The first record blew up and sold really well. 'City of Black & White' didn't sell as well, and that's when you wonder, 'Did I peak already?'

At age 15, I sold a television series to NBC.

I don't know how much money I've made, don't know how many albums I've sold.

When I first broke out, everyone was like, 'OK, so is this a joke?' They had to wait until I sold out shows before newspapers started writing about it.