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Carl Hiaasen quotes

American Writer March 12, 1953

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Carl Hiaasen quote: "My books are character-driven. They're not driven by the story."
My books are character-driven. They're not driven by the story. Carl Hiaasen
I got overwhelmed by the magnitude of the celebrity culture in America. My background is as a news journalist, and newsrooms in the US are shrinking - investigation teams are being terminated or shrunk on newspapers all around the country. The one aspect that's expanded is coverage of celebrity culture. Carl Hiaasen
Carl Hiaasen quote: "I've never progressed very far from my days as a smart aleck..."
I've never progressed very far from my days as a smart aleck in middle school. Carl Hiaasen
Carl Hiaasen quote: "In his own mind, it was never a matter of courage. But courage..."
In his own mind, it was never a matter of courage. But courage it was. Carl Hiaasen
Carl Hiaasen quote: "My humour has always come from anger, but I have to make sure..."
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
Carl Hiaasen quote: "Jimmy Lee Baylis was a wise man, and knew better than to talk..."
Jimmy Lee Baylis was a wise man, and knew better than to talk back to the man who signed his paycheck. Carl Hiaasen
Carl Hiaasen quote: "Actually it was the mark of the stupid, which is what you get..."
Actually it was the mark of the stupid, which is what you get for sitting under a tree during a thunderstorm. Carl Hiaasen
There's so much hate that we direct externally that we forget we have our own psychos. But that's the role of the satirist - you have to examine your own country and say, 'look!' Carl Hiaasen
Carl Hiaasen quote: "The one word that no politician will ever speak, is 'enough.'..."
The one word that no politician will ever speak, is 'enough.' Enough. Carl Hiaasen
Carl Hiaasen quote: "The first rule of hurricane coverage is that every broadcast..."
The first rule of hurricane coverage is that every broadcast must begin with palm trees bending in the wind. Carl Hiaasen
From my experience, politicians are much more uncomfortable being made fun of than they are being preached at and screeched at - you know, and the soapbox routine. They're much more uneasy knowing they're a target of ridicule. Carl Hiaasen
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. Carl Hiaasen
Carl Hiaasen quote: "My escape is to just get in a boat and disappear on the water."
My escape is to just get in a boat and disappear on the water. Carl Hiaasen
Carl Hiaasen quote: "They have a crystalline sense of right and wrong; it..."
They have a crystalline sense of right and wrong; it disappears when they walk out the door with their M.B.A. Carl Hiaasen
When you put on the suits, when you pretend you're honest and you're robbing at a far higher level, these guys deserve to... well, to be in my novels, and I have special fates reserved for them. Carl Hiaasen

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