Carl Hiaasen Quotes

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• Like Richard Price and the late, great Elmore Leonard, Matt Burgess is one of those cool, quick and funny writers who can turn a seemingly routine crime caper into something special.

  Carl Hiaasen

  Special, Routine, Crime

  FaceBook post by Carl Hiaasen from Jan 07, 2015

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• 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

  Real, Writing, Thinking

  "THE WAY WE LIVE NOW: 7-25-04: QUESTIONS FOR CARL HIAASEN; Miami Voice". Interview with Deborah Solomon, www.nytimes.com. July 25, 2004.

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

  Carl Hiaasen

  Sin, Boring

  "He's all the rage" by Euan Ferguson, www.theguardian.com. March 17, 2002.

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• Sunset on the water ought to be a quiet and easy time, but I guess some people can't stand a little silence.

  Carl Hiaasen

  Sunset, People, Water

  Carl Hiaasen (2014). “Carl Hiaasen Collection: Hoot, Flush, Scat, Chomp”, p.204, Knopf Books for Young Readers

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• That's the thing about being a Labrador retriever - you were born for fun. Seldom was your loopy, freewheeling mind cluttered by contemplation, and never at all by somber worry; every day was a romp. What else could there possibly be to life? Eating was a thrill. Pissing was a treat. Shitting was a joy. And licking your own balls? Bliss. And everywhere you went were gullible humans who patted and hugged and fussed over you.

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  Fun, Worry, Joy

  FaceBook post by Carl Hiaasen from Mar 08, 2015

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

  Carl Hiaasen

  Water, Boat, Disappear

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• Good satire comes from anger. It comes from a sense of injustice, that there are wrongs in the world that need to be fixed. And what better place to get that well of venom and outrage boiling than a newsroom, because you're on the front lines.

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  Anger, Needs, World

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

  Carl Hiaasen

  Block, Unemployment, Writer's Block

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

  Carl Hiaasen

  Patience, Age, Problem

  "Carl Hiaasen: 'My humour has always come from anger'". Interview with Euan Ferguson, www.theguardian.com. March 5, 2011.

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

  Carl Hiaasen

  Book, Character, Stories

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• No deliberative body is manifestly less qualified to make decisions about public education than our state Legislature. With a few shining exceptions, most of these clowns don't read, can't write, and clearly can't add.

  Carl Hiaasen

  Writing, Shining, Decision

  Carl Hiaasen (2014). “Dance of the Reptiles: Rampaging Tourists, Marauding Pythons, Larcenous Legislators, Crazed Celebrities, and Tar-Balled Beaches: Selected Columns”, p.93, Vintage

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• Unfortunately for novelists, real life is getting way too funny and far-fetched.

  Carl Hiaasen

  Real, Way, Novelists

  "Writers on Writing, Carl Hiaasen: Real Life, That Bizarre and Brazen Plagiarist" by Carl Hiaasen, archive.nytimes.com. April 24, 2000.

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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.

  Carl Hiaasen

  Anger, Soapbox, Humour

  "Carl Hiaasen: 'My humour has always come from anger'". Interview With Euan Ferguson, www.theguardian.com. March 5, 2011.

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• Sometimes you're going to be faced with situations where the line isn't clear between what's right and what's wrong.Your heart will tell you to do one thing and your brain will tell you to do something different. In the end, all that's left is to look at both sides and go with your best judgment.

  Carl Hiaasen

  Heart, Brain, Different

  Carl Hiaasen (2002). “Hoot”, p.160, Knopf Books for Young Readers

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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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  Funny, Order, People

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• I was born and raised here [in Florida], so I still have tremendous affection for the state - especially the few wild places that haven't disappeared under concrete. What's left is still worth fighting for, and that's why I stay.

  Carl Hiaasen

  Fighting, Florida, Wild Places

  Source: www.omnivoracious.com

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• When you're given a newspaper column, you're not being paid to sit on a fence and scratch your chin and say 'On the one hand this' and 'On the other hand that.' You're getting paid for your opinion.

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  Hands, Scratches, Opinion

  "Carl Hiaasen reports from 'Paradise'" By Todd Leopold, www.cnn.com. November 9, 2001.

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• 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

  Book, Writing, Ideas

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• Actually it was the mark of the stupid, which is what you get for sitting under a tree during a thunderstorm.

  Carl Hiaasen

  Stupid, Tree, Sitting

  Carl Hiaasen (2012). “Chomp”, p.215, Knopf Books for Young Readers

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• It's actually not very hard to re-set between the adult novels and the ones for younger readers. The narrative voices are very similar, the smartass attitude, the environmental battles. Kids love books that are irreverent and challenge authority, when authority is arbitrary, greedy or foolish. They also love it when you make fun of grownups, and I've spent my whole life as a writer doing that.

  Carl Hiaasen

  Fun, Attitude, Book

  "'True-life Source Material Is Fabulously Bizarre' - Carl Hiaasen Answers Our Questions about 'Razor Girl'". Interview with Adrian Liang, www.amazonbookreview.com. September 07, 2016.

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• The evening news made her wonder if God was dead; the morning sun made her believe He wasn't.

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  Morning, Believe, News

  Carl Hiaasen (2006). “Nature Girl”, Random House Large Print Publishing

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• Humor can be an incredible, lacerating and effective weapon.

  Carl Hiaasen

  Humor, Weapons, Incredibles

  Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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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.

  Carl Hiaasen

  Depressing, Writing, Hands

  "Carl Hiaasen: 'My humour has always come from anger'". Interview with Euan Ferguson, www.theguardian.com. March 5, 2011.

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• 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

  Dog, Ears, Pages

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

  Carl Hiaasen

  Smart, School, Middle

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