Clive Cussler Quotes
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The truth is ships and aircraft have been vanishing with tragic regularity in every part of the world since they were invented.
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I want it to be easy to read. I'm not writing exotic literature.
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I'm not working on the Great American Novel. All I am doing, I hope, is entertaining readers.
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I don't like interior decorating. It looks gorgeous, but it doesn't have that lived-in look.
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Shipwrecks are incredible mysteries.
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My forte is the plotting. You sit down, and you work out a plot.
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I've always been a Civil War buff. In fact, the ships that always fascinated me the most were the ironclads, because they were the start of an era.
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I can appreciate other writers' works.
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I get up in the morning, get to the office, and write until about six o'clock in the evening.
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My job is to entertain the readers in such a manner that, when they reach the end of the book, they feel like they've gotten their money's worth.
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My books are easy to read. No folderol.
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There's no literary merit in my books.
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I almost write to formula, because there's a historical beginning, then the plots get convoluted.
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I was driving by an auto auction one day, and they were auctioning off a beautiful Hispano-Suiza. I started bidding even though I hadn't even signed up with the officials. The last bid was $50,000, and it was mine. And I thought, 'My God, what have I done? I've never spent more than $500 in my life.' That was the first one.
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A lot of people don't understand why I'm not out diving for treasure.
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It's a quirk of mine; I love neat garages.
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If you have some natural talent and really want to write, you should read the books of someone who's very successful in your genre. You don't want to plagiarize, but you want to learn from that author.
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They botched 'Raise the Titanic' so badly that I waited 20 years to do it again.
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I'd give my left arm for the Merrimack.
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After putting the kids to bed, I would think about what I wanted to write.
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The culinary scene in Phoenix is incredible.
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When we find a ship, we turn it over to the state or federal government. It's purely historical. I've never made a dime on any of it.
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When I started writing, I just hoped for a nice little paperback series.
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I'm not a dedicated writer in the sense of Stephen King.