No deliberative body is manifestly less qualified to make decisions about public education than our state Legislature. With a few shining exceptions,… — Carl Hiaasen Copy Share Image
The Florida in my novels is not as seedy as the real Florida. It's hard to stay ahead of the curve. Every… — Carl Hiaasen Copy Share Image
When I was writing Razor Girl, I thought it would be fun to have a redneck TV family that was really just… — Carl Hiaasen Copy Share Image
I never laugh or smile when I am writing. When I come home for lunch after writing all morning, my wife says… — Carl Hiaasen Copy Share Image
Everybody's idea of a great book is different, of course. For me it's one that makes my jaw drop on every page,… — Carl Hiaasen Copy Share Image
Every writer scrounges for inspiration in different places, and there's no shame in raiding the headlines. It's necessary, in fact, when attempting… — Carl Hiaasen Copy Share Image
If you write satire, the guilty pleasure these days is that there's just so much material about. On the other hand, if… — Carl Hiaasen Copy Share Image
There is no writer's block in a newsroom. There's only unemployment block. — Carl Hiaasen Copy Share Image
The one thing a lifetime in the newspaper business teaches you is pace - you spend all your time trying to make… — Carl Hiaasen Copy Share Image
Y'see, I get so bored so easily. I like to start with a clean slate each time. Sure, I'll have characters drop… — Carl Hiaasen Copy Share Image
“Each week the writers strived to portray the brothers on a social bandwidth halfway between harmless rednecks and odious white trash. It… — Carl Hiaasen Copy Share Image
I’m waiting for the day when Rush Limbaugh’s pharmacist writes a book. — Carl Hiaasen Copy Share Image
A bonus, being a writer, is that the true-life source material is fabulously bizarre. There's so much corruption, violence and free-floating depravity… — Carl Hiaasen Copy Share Image
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… — Carl Hiaasen Copy Share Image
as a lobbyist he had long ago concluded there was no difference in how Democrats and Republicans conducted the business of government. The game… — Carl Hiaasen Copy Share Image
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… — Carl Hiaasen Copy Share Image
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… — Carl Hiaasen Copy Share Image
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… — Carl Hiaasen Copy Share Image
“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… — Carl Hiaasen Copy Share Image
“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… — Carl Hiaasen Copy Share Image
“Buck’s girlfriend went by the porny name of Miracle though she had a master’s in computer science from Florida State.” — Carl Hiaasen Copy Share Image
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… — Carl Hiaasen Copy Share Image
“In his own mind, it was never a matter of courage. But courage it was.” — Carl Hiaasen Copy Share Image
