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I have a large collection of town cars because when I was just a snipe in the gutter, growing up in Los Angeles, a town car drove by. I remember running in the house to get my mother so she could see it. It was utterly magnificent.

~Clive Cussler

Topics: Angeles Because Car Collection Could Drove Get Growing Growing Up Gutter House Just Large Los Los Angeles Magnificent Mother Remember Running See She Town Up Utterly I Remember

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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.

~Clive Cussler

Topics: Auction Auto Beautiful Bid Bidding Day Done Driving Even First First One God Last Life Mine More My Life Never Off Officials One Day Signed Spent Started Than Though Thought Up Were

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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

Topics: Any Dime Federal Federal Government Find Government Historical Made Never Over Purely Ship State Turn

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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.

~Clive Cussler

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

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

~Clive Cussler

Topics: Doing Hard Hard Work Love Me Novels Research Work Writing I Love

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I get up in the morning, get to the office, and write until about six o'clock in the evening.

~Clive Cussler

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

~Clive Cussler

Topics: Always Books Car Collect Find Them Vintage You

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My son's name is Dirk - I named Dirk Pitt after him when he was about three years old.

~Clive Cussler

Topics: About After He Him Name Named Old Pitt Son Three Years

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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.

~Clive Cussler

Topics: Able Another Because Been Books Dollars Fascination Finding Going Good Good Living Living Make Million Million Dollars Out Sea Ship Suppose Very Writing

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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.

~Clive Cussler

Topics: About Big Big Deal Born Civil Civil War Deal Fourth Had July Kid Knew Late Revolution Still Too Too Late Veterans War Were Years You I Was Born

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Biography

Nationality: American

Type: Writer

Born: July 15th, 1931

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