Clive Cussler and Dirk Pitt Revealed By Clive Cussler with Craig ...

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CRAIG DIRGO:What about Pitt-any marriage plans?
CLIVE CUSSLER:Will Pitt ever marry? Probably not. I find it hard to imagine Giordino coming to
Pitt's house and asking his wife if Dirk can come out and play. He's come close a couple of times. Two
of the women he was in love with died in the last chapter.
He asked Congresswoman Smith, but she turned him down. Pitt does not have great luck with
women.
Loren Smith, by the way, came about in an unusual fashion. I was casting for an important female
character inVixen 03 . I had no problem creating someone with style and elegance. Someone lovely with
a quick mind and wit. My hang-up was her occupation. Pitt's women are never harsh, stupid bimbos.
They've all made it in the world and carry their own weight. A few days previously, I had won an
award from the Colorado Authors League forIceberg and now received a letter with the heading,"From
the desk of Congresswoman Patricia Schroeder." She wrote:"Dear Olive, congratulations on
winning the best book award from the Colorado Authors League."
All my life, I've been cursed by people unfamiliar with the name Clive, who think the C is an 0.
Schroeder apparently thought I was a woman and sent her congratulatory note. It had to be female
bonding, because I didn't live in her district. But at least I had the occupation for Loren Smith,
congresswoman from a district on Colorado's western slope.
CRAIG DIRGO:When are they going to make another Dirk Pitt movie?
CLIVE CUSSLER:People often wonder why I've never sold another book to Hollywood. My
response is, "Not after the way they botched upRaise the Titanic! " The screen writing was simply awful,
the direction was amateurish and even the editing was pathetic. Only John Barry's musical score and the
special effects were first-rate. I'm not looking for a blockbuster motion picture, but I am hoping for a
production of quality, more of a classic than a run of-the-mill car chase with special-effects explosions
every five minutes.