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" When I started writing, I just hoped for a nice little paperback series. "

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" My forte is the plotting. You sit down, and you work out a plot. "

" 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. "

" I'm a storyteller. "

" It's a job. I entertain my readers. I get up in the morning, and I start typing. "

" Nobody gives a damn about the Merrimac. You know how it is. Winners write the history books. "

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

" 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. "

" 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. "

" I want it to be easy to read. I'm not writing exotic literature. "

" I'm not a dedicated writer in the sense of Stephen King. "

" I was always a history buff. "

" Maybe some day they'll find me behind the computer, just bones and cobwebs. "

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

" After the Dirk Pitt books became best-sellers, I could afford to buy the more exotic examples of classic autos. "

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

" I'm considered the 'old daddy of adventure.' "

" If it ain't fun, it ain't worth doing. "

" 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. "

" There's a little bit of Pitt in everybody. "

" I was the kid who stared out the window. I fantasized myself on the deck of pirate ships - Cussler at the bridge. "

" Either you've got the bug, or you haven't. There are many things I'd rather be doing than writing a book. "

" I never had a highfalutin' view of what I write. "

" I honestly thought I probably did sell 100 million books. That doesn't seem out of the ordinary to me. "

" 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. "

" If you are a writer, Saturday and Sunday don't mean anything. "

" When I type 'The End,' it's like being paroled from prison. "

" I like snappy dialogue and short descriptions and lots of action. "

" 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. "