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
opinion
I still do a weekly opinion column for the Miami Herald, and it's like shooting fish in a barrel. Rotten fish.
fun worry joy
That's the thing about being a Labrador retriever - you were born for fun. Seldom was your loopy, freewheeling mind cluttered by contemplation, and never at all by somber worry; every day was a romp. What else could there possibly be to life? Eating was a thrill. Pissing was a treat. Shitting was a joy. And licking your own balls? Bliss. And everywhere you went were gullible humans who patted and hugged and fussed over you.
sunset water people
Sunset on the water ought to be a quiet and easy time, but I guess some people can't stand a little silence.
water boat disappear
My escape is to just get in a boat and disappear on the water.
fun attitude book
It's actually not very hard to re-set between the adult novels and the ones for younger readers. The narrative voices are very similar, the smartass attitude, the environmental battles. Kids love books that are irreverent and challenge authority, when authority is arbitrary, greedy or foolish. They also love it when you make fun of grownups, and I've spent my whole life as a writer doing that.
writing shining decision
No deliberative body is manifestly less qualified to make decisions about public education than our state Legislature. With a few shining exceptions, most of these clowns don't read, can't write, and clearly can't add.
sin boring
The greatest sin for a writer is to be boring.
special routine crime
Like Richard Price and the late, great Elmore Leonard, Matt Burgess is one of those cool, quick and funny writers who can turn a seemingly routine crime caper into something special.
fascinated people
We've always been fascinated with movie stars and singers, but the fascination with people who really have nothing to offer is something new.
disappears door walk
They have a crystalline sense of right and wrong, ... it disappears when they walk out the door with their M.B.A.
business lifetime newspaper pace spend sure teaches time trying
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.
future happening kids strongly
Kids feel so strongly about what's going on today and what's happening to the world, and that's very inspiring. I feel more hopeful than ever before about the future.
humor incredible
Humor can be an incredible lacerating and effective weapon. And that is the way I use it.
books cast characters detective drop good guy joe main maybe wrong
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.