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> [Here's my rule: You always want to pay cash for your own books, because if they look at the name on the credit card and then they look at the name on the book jacket, then there's this look of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/carl-hiaasen/here-s-my-rule-you-always-want-to-pay-cash-for-your-own-books-because/)

[Carl Hiaasen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/carl-hiaasen/)

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## More by Carl Hiaasen

> [All novels are about crime. You'd be hard pressed to find any novel that does not have an element of crime. I don't see…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/carl-hiaasen/all-novels-are-about-crime-you-d-be-hard-pressed-to-find-any-novel/)

[Carl Hiaasen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/carl-hiaasen/)

> [“Hey. Sometimes life is a shit flavored Popsicle.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/carl-hiaasen/hey-sometimes-life-is-a-shit-flavored-popsicle/)

[Carl Hiaasen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/carl-hiaasen/)

> [as a lobbyist he had long ago concluded there was no difference in how Democrats and Republicans conducted the business of government. The game…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/carl-hiaasen/as-a-lobbyist-he-had-long-ago-concluded-there-was-no-difference-in/)

[Carl Hiaasen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/carl-hiaasen/)

> [As frightening as this may sound, what you see in the books is the way I see the world. And so far I haven't…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/carl-hiaasen/as-frightening-as-this-may-sound-what-you-see-in-the-books-is-the-way/)

[Carl Hiaasen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/carl-hiaasen/sure-i-ll-have-characters-drop-in-and-out-of-books-but-the-main-cast/)

[Carl Hiaasen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/carl-hiaasen/)

> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/carl-hiaasen/when-i-m-deciding-to-read-a-book-i-never-open-to-the-first-chapter/)

[Carl Hiaasen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/carl-hiaasen/)

> [“I believe it's never too late to change. I'm eighty-one years old, but I still think I can be a better person tomorrow than…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/carl-hiaasen/i-believe-it-s-never-too-late-to-change-i-m-eighty-one-years-old-but/)

[Carl Hiaasen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/carl-hiaasen/)

> [“Earl, you can’t walk around with a lead slug up your bottom. It’s bound to affect your outlook.” Tool jerked his hand away. “I’ll…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/carl-hiaasen/earl-you-can-t-walk-around-with-a-lead-slug-up-your-bottom-it-s-bound/)

[Carl Hiaasen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/carl-hiaasen/)

> [“A quick puke, two rails of blow and she was solid.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/carl-hiaasen/a-quick-puke-two-rails-of-blow-and-she-was-solid/)

[Carl Hiaasen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/carl-hiaasen/)

> [“Buck’s girlfriend went by the porny name of Miracle though she had a master’s in computer science from Florida State.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/carl-hiaasen/buck-s-girlfriend-went-by-the-porny-name-of-miracle-though-she-had-a/)

[Carl Hiaasen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/carl-hiaasen/)

> [Disney'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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/carl-hiaasen/disney-s-something-to-be-a-little-alarmed-about-it-s-not-just-a/)

[Carl Hiaasen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/carl-hiaasen/)

> [“In his own mind, it was never a matter of courage. But courage it was.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/carl-hiaasen/in-his-own-mind-it-was-never-a-matter-of-courage-but-courage-it-was/)

[Carl Hiaasen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/carl-hiaasen/)

> [No deliberative body is manifestly less qualified to make decisions about public education than our state Legislature. With a few shining exceptions, most of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/carl-hiaasen/no-deliberative-body-is-manifestly-less-qualified-to-make-decisions/)

[Carl Hiaasen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/carl-hiaasen/)

> [“If anything is more irresistible than Jesus, it's Mickey.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/carl-hiaasen/if-anything-is-more-irresistible-than-jesus-it-s-mickey/)

[Carl Hiaasen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/carl-hiaasen/)

> [“Shreave flicked away the dead mosquito. "Don't these things carry the bird flu too?" "No Boyd, that would be a bird.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/carl-hiaasen/shreave-flicked-away-the-dead-mosquito-don-t-these-things-carry-the/)

[Carl Hiaasen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/carl-hiaasen/)

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