“Nobody gives a damn about the Merrimac. You know how it is. Winners wr...” — Clive Cussler Quote

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

“The truth is ships and aircraft have been vanishing with tragic regularity in every part of the world since they were invented.”

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

“One of my books, 'Rain Falling on My Face,' earned me the 39th Edogawa Ranpo prize. It's a very prestigious literary prize in Japan, mostly for mysteries and thrillers.”

“From a child I was fond of reading, and all the little money that came into my hands was ever laid out in books. Pleased with the 'Pilgrim's Progress,' my first collection was of John Bunyan's works in separate little volumes.”

“Being working class, my parents thought, 'Ian's going to uni, the first in the family,' and I'd do dentistry or accountancy. I was going to do accountancy; then I got a C in Economics and thought, 'Why am I doing this?' The only thing I was interested in was books and literature.”