American - Writer | July 15, 1931 -
There is no greater unknown than the sea and no greater mystery than a lost ship.
Clive Cussler
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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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They botched 'Raise the Titanic' so badly that I waited 20 years to do it again.
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It's a job. I entertain my readers. I get up in the morning, and I start typing.
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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 like snappy dialogue and short descriptions and lots of action.
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I was the kid who stared out the window. I fantasized myself on the deck of pirate ships - Cussler at the bridge.
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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.
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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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The culinary scene in Phoenix is incredible.
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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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I'd heard about a shipwreck that was never found - John Paul Jones' Bonhomme Richard. So I thought, 'Well, I'll go look for it.'
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