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" I can appreciate other writers' works. "
Clive Cussler
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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. "
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" My books are easy to read. No folderol. "
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Read
Easy
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Snappy
Action
Short
" I don't think of myself as a writer. "
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Think
Writer
" 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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Ship
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Stay
Away
" If you are a writer, Saturday and Sunday don't mean anything. "
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Mean
Saturday
Sunday
" I honestly thought I probably did sell 100 million books. That doesn't seem out of the ordinary to me. "
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Sell
Books
Out
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Typing
Morning
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Mysteries
Incredible
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Little
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Kids
Bed
Think
" After the Dirk Pitt books became best-sellers, I could afford to buy the more exotic examples of classic autos. "
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