#be

I got overwhelmed by the magnitude of the celebrity culture in America. My background is as a news journalist, and newsrooms in the US are shrinking - investigation teams are being terminated or shrunk on newspapers all around the country. The one aspect that's expanded is coverage of celebrity culture. ↗

— Carl Hiaasen

#around #aspect #background #being #celebrity

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

Nobody with an IQ higher than emergency-room temperature could ever believe that 'death panels' would be appointed to nudge the elderly toward euthanasia. Yet for idle entertainment, it's hard to beat Sarah Palin's ignorant nattering on the subject. ↗

— Carl Hiaasen

#beat #believe #could #death #elderly

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 if had the same joe detective guy or gal, I wouldn't write them as well; I wouldn't do as good a job. ↗

— Carl Hiaasen

#books #cast #changes #characters #detective

We've always been fascinated with movie stars and singers, but the fascination with people who really have nothing to offer is something new. ↗

— Carl Hiaasen

#been #fascinated #fascination #movie #movie stars

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 just turn to the middle of the book, to the middle of a chapter, and just read a random page and I'll know right away whether this is the real deal or not. ↗

— Carl Hiaasen

#because #been #book #chapter #deal

When you're given a newspaper column, you're not being paid to sit on a fence and scratch your chin and say 'On the one hand this' and 'On the other hand that.' You're getting paid for your opinion. ↗

— Carl Hiaasen

#chin #column #fence #getting #given

All the other chiefs and tribes have accepted the Great Law of Peace. They now live in peace with one another. ↗

— Hiawatha

#another #chiefs #great #law #live

Kelly Preston is a remarkable human being and a great dramatic actress. It was a privilege as a director to tap into this part of her. Rarely do I make a kind of spiritual connection with my cast. Kelly was a wonderful exception. She is truly very special and I adore her. ↗

— George Hickenlooper

#adore #being #cast #connection #director

There could have been more planning in New Orleans, but you look at all the devastation that happened there - have we gotten to 3,000 deaths yet? For that magnitude of a disaster, that's not all that bad. ↗

— John Hickenlooper

#been #could #deaths #devastation #disaster