Carl Hiaasen
Carl Hiaasen
Carl Hiaasenis an American journalist, columnist, and novelist...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionNovelist
Date of Birth12 March 1953
CityPlantation, FL
CountryUnited States of America
jobs book writing
Y'see, I get so bored so easily. I like to start with a clean slate each time. 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.
heart brain different
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.
country new-york thinking
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.
dog ears pages
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.
past intellectual ink
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.
patience age problem
One problem with age is that patience begins to ebb.
world montana armpits
Disney world is an armpit,compared to Montana!!
conclusion
and in the meantime don't jump to conclusions.
morning believe news
The evening news made her wonder if God was dead; the morning sun made her believe He wasn't.
book writing waiting
I’m waiting for the day when Rush Limbaugh’s pharmacist writes a book.
stupid tree sitting
Actually it was the mark of the stupid, which is what you get for sitting under a tree during a thunderstorm.
iguanas tree mickey
Mickey Cray had been out of work ever since a dead iguana fell from a palm tree and hit him on the head.
wind tree firsts
The first rule of hurricane coverage is that every broadcast must begin with palm trees bending in the wind.
healthcare debate easy
It's easy to get distracted by the vaudevillian aspects of the healthcare debate.