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Carl Hiaasen quotes

American Writer March 12, 1953

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Carl Hiaasen quote: "The evening news made her wonder if God was dead; the morning..."
The evening news made her wonder if God was dead; the morning sun made her believe He wasn't. Carl Hiaasen
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
When I'm deciding to read a book, I never open to the first chapter, because that's been revised and worked over 88 times. I'll just turn to the middle of the book, to the middle of a chapter, and just read a random page and I'll know right away whether this is the real deal or not. Carl Hiaasen
All novels are about crime. You'd be hard pressed to find any novel that does not have an element of crime. I don't see myself as a crime novelist, but there are crimes in my books. That's the nature of storytelling, if you want to reflect the real world. Carl Hiaasen
Roy remembered the time he and his father had a talk about fighting. 'It's important to stand up for what's right,' Mr. Eberhardt had said, 'but sometimes there's a fine line between courage and stupidity. Carl Hiaasen
Lots of people can write a good first page but to sustain it, that's my litmus test. If I flip to the middle of the book and there's a piece of dialogue that's just outstanding, or a description, then I'll flip back to the first page and start it. Carl Hiaasen
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
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. Carl Hiaasen
The man's a born straggler, Honey thought, another lucky exception to the rules of natural selection. A million years ago he would've been an easy snack for a saber-toothed tiger. Carl Hiaasen
Carl Hiaasen quote: "I think it's always good for the author to stay a good cattle..."
I think it's always good for the author to stay a good cattle prod's distance from the actual moviemaking. Carl Hiaasen
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. Carl Hiaasen
Nobody with an IQ higher than emergency-room temperature could ever believe that 'death panels' would be appointed to nudge the elderly toward euthanasia. Yet for idle entertainment, it's hard to beat Sarah Palin's ignorant nattering on the subject. Carl Hiaasen
Carl Hiaasen quote: "From the bow of the canoe she asked, "Do you know a rain..."
From the bow of the canoe she asked, "Do you know a rain dance?"First I need a virgin. Carl Hiaasen
Carl Hiaasen quote: "I don't have an e-reader. One reason is that I like to dog-ear..."
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
Carl Hiaasen quote: "Mickey Cray had been out of work ever since a dead iguana fell..."
Mickey Cray had been out of work ever since a dead iguana fell from a palm tree and hit him on the head. Carl Hiaasen

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