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
water boat disappear
My escape is to just get in a boat and disappear on the water.
book kids writing
I'd always wanted to write books ever since I was a kid,
world montana armpits
Disney world is an armpit,compared to Montana!!
people special special-places
That's what people do when they find a special place that wild and full of life, they trample it to death.
attitude character trying
I've never before had the same main character appear in consecutive novels, but I liked Yancy and his attitude, and I was curious to see what would happen to him after Bad Monkey. And I liked the idea of him still trying to get his detective job back while he's stuck on roach patrol.
wind tree firsts
The first rule of hurricane coverage is that every broadcast must begin with palm trees bending in the wind.
book writing ideas
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.
dad son grandfather
Ironically, I come from a family of lawyers - my dad, my grandfather, and now my oldest son. And some of my very best friends are lawyers, though they don't resemble the ones that appear in my novels.
fun knowing target
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.
book writing waiting
I’m waiting for the day when Rush Limbaugh’s pharmacist writes a book.
smart school middle
I've never progressed very far from my days as a smart aleck in middle school.
distance thinking cattle
I think it's always good for the author to stay a good cattle prod's distance from the actual moviemaking.
jesus people twenties
Garcia wondered why people with JESUS stickers on their bumper always drove twenty miles per hour under the speed limit. If God was my co-pilot, he thought, I'd be doing a hundred and twenty.
real writing thinking
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.