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I'd always wanted to write books ever since I was a kid. ↗

— Carl Hiaasen

#books #ever #i #kid #since

It's easy to get distracted by the vaudevillian aspects of the healthcare debate. ↗

— Carl Hiaasen

#debate #distracted #easy #get #healthcare

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

#always #enjoyed #funny #get #i

When you put on the suits, when you pretend you're honest and you're robbing at a far higher level, these guys deserve to... well, to be in my novels, and I have special fates reserved for them. ↗

— Carl Hiaasen

#far #fates #guys #higher #higher level

Informed opponents of Obama's healthcare initiative have expressed dismay at the low level of discourse. ↗

— Carl Hiaasen

#dismay #expressed #healthcare #informed #initiative

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 books are shelved in different places, depending on the bookstore. Sometimes they can be found in the Mystery section, sometimes in the Humor department, and occasionally even in the Literature aisle, which is somewhat astounding. ↗

— Carl Hiaasen

#astounding #books #bookstore #department #depending

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