Carl Hiaasen

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. ↗

— Carl Hiaasen

#before #ever #feel #future #going

My books are character-driven. They're not driven by the story. ↗

— Carl Hiaasen

#character-driven #driven #story

My driving record is not exemplary, but I have never had a speeding ticket over 100 m.p.h. I can say that unequivocally. ↗

— Carl Hiaasen

#exemplary #had #i #i can #never

My escape is to just get in a boat and disappear on the water. ↗

— Carl Hiaasen

#disappear #escape #get #just #water

Obviously you have to make a profit to put out a newspaper. I'm not an idiot. But when the margins are in excess of 25 per cent you're talking about greed. ↗

— Carl Hiaasen

#cent #excess #greed #i #idiot

One problem with age is that patience begins to ebb. ↗

— Carl Hiaasen

#begins #ebb #patience #problem

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? ↗

— Carl Hiaasen

#could #gosh #how #last #mean

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

— Carl Hiaasen

#greatest #sin #writer

The first rule of hurricane coverage is that every broadcast must begin with palm trees bending in the wind. ↗

— Carl Hiaasen

#bending #broadcast #coverage #every #first

The one word that no politician will ever speak, is 'enough.' Enough. ↗

— Carl Hiaasen

#ever #one word #politician #speak #will