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If I were to say I'm looking for treasure, people would come up with the money. When I say I'm looking for a historic wreck, they're not interested.
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When I was in the military, I socked away $100 every month. When I was discharged in 1954, I got home at 5 A.M. By 10 A.M., I was pulling out of a foreign car dealership in Pasadena in a new Jaguar XK120.
Clive Cussler
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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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When I type 'The End,' it's like being paroled from prison.
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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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There is no greater unknown than the sea and no greater mystery than a lost ship.
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I had horrible experiences in Hollywood.
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I collect vintage cars, so you always find them in my books.
Clive Cussler
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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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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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Some people are drawn to a van Gogh or a Rembrandt. Some are attracted to exotic guns. Coins. Stamps. I am attracted to cars.
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I purchased a 1955 Rolls-Royce that my wife liked because it was new the year we were married. Then came a 1926 Hispano-Suiza Cabriolet that I bought at my first classic car auction after I had three martinis. As more cars were added, I had to buy a warehouse.
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I'm a storyteller.
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If you are a writer, Saturday and Sunday don't mean anything.
Clive Cussler
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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 love doing the research for the novels. For me, the writing is hard work.
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I'm considered the 'old daddy of adventure.'
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I like snappy dialogue and short descriptions and lots of action.
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I never had a highfalutin' view of what I write.
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Nobody gives a damn about the Merrimac. You know how it is. Winners write the history books.
Clive Cussler