Carl Hiaasen Quotes

• I’d always wanted to write books ever since I was a kid.

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

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• I’ve never progressed very far from my days as a smart aleck in middle school.

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• If you write satire, the guilty pleasure these days is that there’s just so much material about. On the other hand, if you have a family it can be depressing.

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• My books are shelved in different places, depending on the bookstore. Sometimes they can be found in the Mystery section, sometimes in the Humor department, and occasionally even in the Literature aisle, which is somewhat astounding.

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• My books are character-driven. They’re not driven by the story.

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• People say sometimes, gosh, that was brave of you to write such-and-such last week. ‘Brave?’ What do they mean ‘brave?’ It’s right! How could you not write it?

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

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

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

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• Obviously you have to make a profit to put out a newspaper. I’m not an idiot. But when the margins are in excess of 25 per cent you’re talking about greed.

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• One problem with age is that patience begins to ebb.

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

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• The one thing a lifetime in the newspaper business teaches you is pace – you spend all your time trying to make sure that the reader’s going to finish what you’re writing.

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• Sure, I’ll have characters drop in and out of books but the main cast of characters always changes. Maybe I’m wrong but I think if had the same joe detective guy or gal, I wouldn’t write them as well; I wouldn’t do as good a job.

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• The one word that no politician will ever speak, is ‘enough.’ Enough.

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• The greatest sin for a writer is to be boring.

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• There is no writer’s block in a newsroom. There’s only unemployment block.

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• 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.

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

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Carl Hiaasen (47)

Birth:	12th March, 1953
Nationality:	American
Profession:	Journalist, Novelist

About

Carl Hiaasen was born in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. He is an American journalist, columnist, and novelist. He graduated in 1974 with a degree in journalism. He was a reporter for Cocoa Today for two years, beginning in 1974. After becoming an investigative reporter, Hiaasen began to write novels. His first three were co-written by fellow journalist Montalbano: Powder Burn, Trap Line, and A Death in China. His subsequent children's novel were Flush; Scat; and, most recently, Chomp.

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