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
country hate roles
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!
country team america
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.
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.
beyond central ethic goes outlook park strategy theme
It's something to be a little alarmed about, ... It's not just a little theme park anymore. It's now an ethic and outlook and strategy that goes way beyond central Florida.
clearer growing kids sanity
These are all kids who are going to be growing up to vote. They have a much clearer idea of the kind of world they want to live in, ... I like to think sanity will prevail.
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.
headlines inspire wait
I wait for the headlines to inspire me.
last people
People say sometimes, gosh, that was brave of you to write such-and-such last week. 'Brave?' What do they mean 'brave?' It's right! How could you not write it?
dialogue flip good lots middle page people piece sustain
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.
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.
efficient gets insulated kinda orderly
It just gets kinda creepy, it's so orderly and efficient and insulated from the real world,
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.
believe elderly ignorant
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.
hands scratches opinion
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.