"The greatest sin for a writer is to…" — Carl Hiaasen

"The greatest sin for a writer is to be boring."

— Carl Hiaasen

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60 Quotes by Carl Hiaasen

Carl Hiaasen has 60 quotes on this site. A few more worth reading:

That's the thing about being a Labrador retriever - you were born for fun. Seldom was your loopy, freewheeling mind…
Sunset on the water ought to be a quiet and easy time, but I guess some people can't stand a…
That's what people do when they find a special place that wild and full of life, they trample it to…
There's so much hate that we direct externally that we forget we have our own psychos. But that's the role…
As frightening as this may sound, what you see in the books is the way I see the world. And…
Everybody's idea of a great book is different, of course. For me it's one that makes my jaw drop on…
From my experience, politicians are much more uncomfortable being made fun of than they are being preached at and screeched…
Good satire comes from anger. It comes from a sense of injustice, that there are wrongs in the world that…
Here's my rule: You always want to pay cash for your own books, because if they look at the name…
I don't have an e-reader. One reason is that I like to dog-ear the page when I find a particularly…
I got overwhelmed by the magnitude of the celebrity culture in America. My background is as a news journalist, and…
I never laugh or smile when I am writing. When I come home for lunch after writing all morning, my…

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More Boring Quotes

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The beginning of Canadian cultural nationalism was not 'Am I really that oppressed?' but 'Am I really that boring?' — Margaret Atwood
Perfection is boring. If a face doesn't have mistakes, it's nothing. — Kevyn Aucoin
I think if we didn't contradict ourselves, it would be awfully boring. It would be tedious to be alive. — Paul Auster
There is no singing anymore, everything is yelling and shouting and rapping and that is real boring to a guy… — Sebastian Bach
I have never described the time I was in Doctor Who as anything except a kind of ecstatic success, but… — Tom Baker
I have a fear of being boring. — Christian Bale
Working out is incredibly boring. I swear it's true that the bigger your muscles get, the fewer brain cells you… — Christian Bale
Happy relationships are boring. We all want them in our own life. But I don't want to watch them on… — Alan Ball
I would sum up my fear about the future in one word: boring. And that's my one fear: that everything… — J. G. Ballard
I enjoy my job as long as I can create a character, otherwise it's boring. — Javier Bardem
Fishing is boring, unless you catch an actual fish, and then it is disgusting. — Dave Barry
Auto racing is boring except when a car is going at least 172 miles per hour upside down. — Dave Barry

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