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Clive Cussler

Clive Cussler

American Writer

Born: Jul 15, 1931

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I'm always interested in something that's missing. Clive Cussler

Something Missing Always Interested

There is no greater unknown than the sea and no greater mystery than a lost ship. Clive Cussler

Lost Unknown Mystery Greater Ship Than Sea

I was born about 80 years too late. If you were a kid in 1910, the Fourth of July was a big deal. You knew all about the Revolution, and you still had Civil War veterans. Clive Cussler

I can't retire. My readers won't let me. Clive Cussler

Me Retire Readers

I can appreciate other writers' works. Clive Cussler

Other Writers Works Appreciate

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. Clive Cussler

You Natural Books Some Someone Write Talent Genre Learn Read Very Author Want Really Successful Should Your

I love doing the research for the novels. For me, the writing is hard work. Clive Cussler

Work Love Hard Work Me Writing Research Doing Hard Novels

I collect vintage cars, so you always find them in my books. Clive Cussler

You Car Books Collect Find Always Them Vintage

If you are a writer, Saturday and Sunday don't mean anything. Clive Cussler

You Sunday Writer Anything Mean Saturday

I almost write to formula, because there's a historical beginning, then the plots get convoluted. Clive Cussler

Beginning Plots Write Almost Because Historical Get Formula Then Convoluted

I don't like interior decorating. It looks gorgeous, but it doesn't have that lived-in look. Clive Cussler

Interior Gorgeous Like Look Looks Decorating

When I first started writing, I was in advertising at the time, I was doing most of my writing on weekends. I had studied most of the other series heroes and I figured it would be fun for mine to be different and put him in and around water. So I dreamed up Dirk Pitt. Clive Cussler

Time Writing Water Heroes First Other Mine Would Would-Be Be Different Dreamed Weekends Had Studied Put Most Advertising Him Around Doing Up Different Pitt Figured Fun Series Started

My friends joke that I raised the Titanic and never left the Rockies. Clive Cussler

Joke Never Left Friends Titanic Raised

Shipwrecks are incredible mysteries. Clive Cussler

Mysteries Incredible

I'd give my left arm for the Merrimack. Clive Cussler

Give Arm Left

I'm not a great writer of literature. I'm an entertainer. Clive Cussler

Great Entertainer Writer Great Writer Literature

There's a little bit of Pitt in everybody. Clive Cussler

Everybody Bit Pitt Little Little Bit

They botched 'Raise the Titanic' so badly that I waited 20 years to do it again. Clive Cussler

Badly Waited Years Titanic Again Raise

I'm writing for entertainment. I like people to reach the end and feel they got their money's worth. Clive Cussler

Entertainment People Writing Money Worth Feel Like Reach Got End

I'm considered the 'old daddy of adventure.' Clive Cussler

Old Considered Adventure Daddy

The fascination for me is searching the unknown for a mystery. Clive Cussler

Me Unknown Mystery Fascination Searching

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