Carl Hiaasen Quotes

I think in the old days, the nexus of weirdness ran through Southern California, and to a degree New York City. I think it's changed so that every bizarre story in the country now has a Florida connection. I don't know why, except it must be some inversion of magnetic poles or something.
Carl Hiaasen

Through, Country, Why

The first rule of hurricane coverage is that every broadcast must begin with palm trees bending in the wind.
Carl Hiaasen

Wind, Rule, Begin

You can do the best research and be making the strongest intellectual argument, but if readers don't get past the third paragraph you've wasted your energy and valuable ink.
Carl Hiaasen

Best, Past, Energy

My escape is to just get in a boat and disappear on the water.
Carl Hiaasen

Water, Escape, Boat

I've never progressed very far from my days as a smart aleck in middle school.
Carl Hiaasen

Smart, School, Far

It's easy to get distracted by the vaudevillian aspects of the healthcare debate.
Carl Hiaasen

Easy, Debate, Healthcare

My humour has always come from anger, but I have to make sure I don't just get angry and jump on a soapbox.
Carl Hiaasen

Anger, Angry, Sure

There is no writer's block in a newsroom. There's only unemployment block.
Carl Hiaasen

Writer, Block, Newsroom

The Florida in my novels is not as seedy as the real Florida. It's hard to stay ahead of the curve. Every time I write a scene that I think is the sickest thing I have ever dreamed up, it is surpassed by something that happens in real life.
Carl Hiaasen

Life, Time, Real

Everybody's idea of a great book is different, of course. For me it's one that makes my jaw drop on every page, the writing is so original.
Carl Hiaasen

Great, Book, Writing

Humor can be an incredible lacerating and effective weapon. And that is the way I use it.
Carl Hiaasen

Humor, Incredible, Effective

Humor can be an incredible, lacerating and effective weapon.
Carl Hiaasen

Humor, Incredible, Effective

I don't have an e-reader. One reason is that I like to dog-ear the page when I find a particularly good sentence or passage.
Carl Hiaasen

Good, Find, Reason

I think it's always good for the author to stay a good cattle prod's distance from the actual moviemaking.
Carl Hiaasen

Good, Stay, Distance

I won't be making any friends in the corporate suites.
Carl Hiaasen

Friends, Making, Won

I'd always wanted to write books ever since I was a kid.
Carl Hiaasen

Wanted, Write, Since

I've always enjoyed making people laugh. But in order for me to be funny, I have to get ticked off about something.
Carl Hiaasen

Funny, Laugh, Off

Informed opponents of Obama's healthcare initiative have expressed dismay at the low level of discourse.
Carl Hiaasen

Level, Initiative, Obama

My books are character-driven. They're not driven by the story.
Carl Hiaasen

Story, Books, Driven

My driving record is not exemplary, but I have never had a speeding ticket over 100 m.p.h. I can say that unequivocally.
Carl Hiaasen

Driving, Ticket, Speeding

One problem with age is that patience begins to ebb.
Carl Hiaasen

Age, Patience, Problem

The greatest sin for a writer is to be boring.
Carl Hiaasen

Greatest, Boring, Writer

The one word that no politician will ever speak, is 'enough.' Enough.
Carl Hiaasen

Enough, Speak, Word

They have a crystalline sense of right and wrong; it disappears when they walk out the door with their M.B.A.
Carl Hiaasen

Wrong, Sense, Door

Unfortunately, I don't get to read nearly as much as I want because I'm always working on my own stuff, either the novels or newspaper columns.
Carl Hiaasen

Working, Read, Stuff

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Biography

Nationality: American

Type: Writer

Born: March 12, 1953

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