Books Quote by Clive Cussler Download Open image “I love doing the research for the novels. For me, the writing is hard work.” — Clive Cussler ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.9 out of 5 (7 ratings) Copy quoteShare Books Hard Hard work Love Research Work Writing
I enjoy research; in fact research is so engaging that it would be easy to go on for years, and never write the novel… — Helen Dunmore Copy Share Image
I love research. Sometimes I think writing novels is just an excuse to allow myself this leisurely time of getting to know a period… — Sarah Waters Copy Share Image
With the novels, I try to write a few pages a day - it doesn't sound much, but it can be difficult if I'm… — Catherine Fisher Copy Share Image
I spend eight months outlining and researching the novel before I begin to write a single word of the prose. — Jeffery Deaver Copy Share Image
I really enjoy researching, and for almost every piece, I research enough to write a book. — Jon Krakauer Copy Share Image
I'm always determined that as a novelist I'm going to go out there and research my characters very thoroughly before I start writing. — Chris Cleave Copy Share Image
I like to get paid for doing basic research, so it's pleasant to write some nonfiction about it. — Bruce Sterling Copy Share Image
I like reading history, and actually most authors enjoy the research part because it is, after all, easier than writing. — Ken Follett Copy Share Image
I try to write about things, places, events, and phenomena I know about personally. That helps make the novels more genuine. — Lincoln Child Copy Share Image
I write the kinds of novels I like to read, where the setting is rendered with love and care. — Elizabeth George Copy Share Image
My son's name is Dirk - I named Dirk Pitt after him when he was about three years old. — Clive Cussler Copy Share Image
“storm is still on track to pass right over us, so we’ll get the worst of it. Do you think we’ll be ready for… — Clive Cussler Copy Share Image
“Two unarmed men against six loaded for bear. We need to even the odds.” “Got a plan?” asked Giordino. “I certainly do.” Giordino gave… — Clive Cussler Copy Share Image
Maybe some day they'll find me behind the computer, just bones and cobwebs. — Clive Cussler Copy Share Image
“Americans have an annoying habit of accomplishing what they set out to do.” — Clive Cussler Copy Share Image
I have a large collection of town cars because when I was just a snipe in the gutter, growing up in Los Angeles, a… — Clive Cussler Copy Share Image
I honestly thought I probably did sell 100 million books. That doesn't seem out of the ordinary to me. — Clive Cussler Copy Share Image
I'm writing for entertainment. I like people to reach the end and feel they got their money's worth. — Clive Cussler Copy Share Image
I think a new world will arise out of the religious mists when we approach our Bible with the idea that it is not… — Aiden Wilson Tozer Copy Share Image
If I had a dollar for every time I couldn’t sleep, I could buy a billion locks and finally read a book in peace. — Aesop Rock Copy Share Image
If what I write is literature, I guess you'd better emphasize the 'litter.' — Lydia Lunch Copy Share Image
My sentences got sharper and my stories more efficient, and I gradually learned to imagine the reader more clearly and to empathize with that… — Karen Thompson Walker Copy Share Image
Young men, especially in America, write to me and ask me to recommend “a course of reading.” Distrust a course of reading! People who… — Andrew Lang Copy Share Image
“Within the pages of books, I've journeyed to Mandalay, the Milky Way and Santa Fe, without once having to leave my armchair.” — Kevin Ansbro Copy Share Image
“Tacitus did not write a most dangerous book. His readers made it so.” — Christopher K. Krebs Copy Share Image
“Take some books and read; that’s an immense help; and books are always good company if you have the right sort.” — Louisa May Alcott Copy Share Image
Reader, if you are gifted with nerves like mine, aspire to any character but that of a wit. — Charles Lamb Copy Share Image
I have many who keep me going, I am very fortunate in this sense. There is nothing like a child who knows more about… — Floyd Cooper Copy Share Image
I think books in which people are really happy and things are going well are probably the most challenging novels there are to write,… — Anna Quindlen Copy Share Image
