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Everybody's idea of a great book is different, of course. For me it's one that makes my jaw drop on every page, the writing is so original. ↗

— Carl Hiaasen

#course #different #drop #every #everybody

I think it's always good for the author to stay a good cattle prod's distance from the actual moviemaking. ↗

— Carl Hiaasen

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I've always enjoyed making people laugh. But in order for me to be funny, I have to get ticked off about something. ↗

— Carl Hiaasen

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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

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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. ↗

— Carl Hiaasen

#finish #going #lifetime #make #newspaper

When I'm working on a novel of my own, I try to read mostly nonfiction, although sometimes I break down and peek at something else. ↗

— Carl Hiaasen

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As a filmmaker I find it much more rewarding to work with actors who are classically trained. It's about the work and only the work. ↗

— George Hickenlooper

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Generally in my films like 'Hearts of Darkness' or 'Picture This,' I try not to make myself a presence in the film. ↗

— George Hickenlooper

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I think that narrative, fiction filmmaking is the culmination of several art forms: theater, art history, architecture. Whereas doc filmmaking is more pure cinema, like cinema verite is film in its purest form. ↗

— George Hickenlooper

#art #art forms #art history #cinema #culmination

I was very inspired by Les Blank's film 'Burden of Dreams.' I think what's unique about his film and the two I've made is that they're close examinations of filmmakers and how their own emotional experiences reflect in the material they're rendering, and vice versa - how that material sometimes colors their own lives. ↗

— George Hickenlooper

#blank #burden #close #colors #dreams