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Carl Hiaasen

American Writer

Born: Mar 12, 1953

Always Book Books Good People You

Related authors: Dale Carnegie Denis Waitley Dr. Seuss H. L. Mencken Napoleon Hill Ray Bradbury W. E. B. Du Bois William Arthur Ward

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

Good You Satire Injustice Anger World Better Sense Outrage Better Place Venom Wrongs Well Because Lines Than Fixed Get Front Front Lines Place Newsroom Boiling Need

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

Patience Age Problem Begins

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

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

Only Writer Block Unemployment Newsroom

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

I'd love to see a good script of one of my books, in these years of animations and comic book sequels, and had so many written over the years, but none quite clicked. Carl Hiaasen

Love Good Book Books See Good Script Had Written Over Clicked None Comic Comic Book Years Quite Script Sequels Many

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 Like Particularly Passage Sentence Page Reason

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

You Suits Pretend Guys Higher Higher Level Put Robbing Well Them Far Special Novels Reserved Deserve Level Honest Fates

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

News Culture Journalist Country Background One Aspect All-Around Magnitude Investigation Terminated Around Got Coverage Celebrity Overwhelmed Celebrity Culture America Being Newspapers Us Aspect Teams Shrinking Shrunk

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

You Experience Made Politicians More Uncomfortable Know Knowing Preached Target Uneasy Than Being Soapbox Much Fun Ridicule Routine

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. Carl Hiaasen

Sometimes Humor Books Bookstore Astounding Section Aisle Somewhat Mystery Occasionally Department Depending Different Literature Which Places Different Places Even Found

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

Corporate Making Friends Any

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

Books Kid Write Since Always Wanted Ever

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

Book Chapter Random First Never Open Over Know Read Because Deal Real Real Deal Been Revised Times Just Middle Deciding Whether Turn Worked Page Away Right Right Away

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

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. Carl Hiaasen

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

Humor Incredible Way Weapon Effective Use

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