Clive Cussler Quotes
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I didn't have the great American novel burning inside me, but I felt I could try my hand at popular fiction.
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I'm considered the 'old daddy of adventure.'
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Either you've got the bug, or you haven't. There are many things I'd rather be doing than writing a book.
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I love doing the research for the novels. For me, the writing is hard work.
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Maybe some day they'll find me behind the computer, just bones and cobwebs.
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She had the kids during the day and I would have them at night. That way they were never alone. I would put the kids to bed, and then I had nothing to do and nobody to talk to, so I would write.
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There is no greater unknown than the sea and no greater mystery than a lost ship.
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When I type 'The End,' it's like being paroled from prison.
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I never had a highfalutin' view of what I write.
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There's a little bit of Pitt in everybody.
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If ever a car was created by designers with dreams of grandeur, it had to be the 1958 Buick Limited: the heftiest, highest-priced and most opulent monster ever to hit the street in the '50s.
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They screwed up 'Raise the Titanic!' so badly, I stay away from Hollywood. I won't cheat my readers with another piece of crap.
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My son's name is Dirk - I named Dirk Pitt after him when he was about three years old.
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I collect vintage cars, so you always find them in my books.
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I'm a storyteller.
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If it ain't fun, it ain't worth doing.
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If you are a writer, Saturday and Sunday don't mean anything.
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I'm writing for entertainment. I like people to reach the end and feel they got their money's worth.
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I'm always interested in something that's missing.
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Nobody gives a damn about the Merrimac. You know how it is. Winners write the history books.