American - Writer | July 15, 1931 -
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.
Clive Cussler
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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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I love doing the research for the novels. For me, the writing is hard work.
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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 son's name is Dirk - I named Dirk Pitt after him when he was about three years old.
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I suppose, because I've been able to make a very good living writing books, that going out and finding another million dollars under the sea is not the fascination. The fascination is in finding the ship.
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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 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.
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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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