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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.

~Clive Cussler

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

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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.

~Clive Cussler

Topics: Alone Bed Day Had Kids Never Night Nobody Nothing Put She Talk Them Then Way Were Would Write

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

~Clive Cussler

Topics: Friends Joke Left Never Raised Titanic

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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

Topics: Away Car Every Foreign Got Home Military Month New Out Pulling

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

~Clive Cussler

Topics: Decorating Gorgeous Interior Like Look Looks

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It's a quirk of mine; I love neat garages.

~Clive Cussler

Topics: Love Mine Neat I Love

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Shipwrecks are incredible mysteries.

~Clive Cussler

Topics: Incredible Mysteries

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I'd give my left arm for the Merrimack.

~Clive Cussler

Topics: Arm Give Left

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A lot of people don't understand why I'm not out diving for treasure.

~Clive Cussler

Topics: Diving Lot Out People Treasure Understand Why

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

~Clive Cussler

Topics: Entertainer Great Great Writer Literature Writer

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Biography

Nationality: American

Type: Writer

Born: July 15th, 1931

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