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

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

" I don't think of myself as a writer. "

" They screwed up 'Raise the Titanic!' so badly, I stay away from Hollywood. I won't cheat my readers with another piece of crap. "

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

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

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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. "

" I almost write to formula, because there's a historical beginning, then the plots get convoluted. "

" 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. "

" After putting the kids to bed, I would think about what I wanted to write. "

" I've always liked Mexican food. "

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" Some men play golf. I've got this crazy thing about maintaining our nation's maritime heritage. "

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

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

" People have said I belong in a rubber room because I look for wrecks, and when I find them, I just do a survey. I don't look for treasure or artifacts. "

" I'd give my left arm for the Merrimack. "

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" There is no greater unknown than the sea and no greater mystery than a lost ship. "

" I was always a history buff. "

" I can appreciate other writers' works. "

" 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. "

" I didn't have the great American novel burning inside me, but I felt I could try my hand at popular fiction. "