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Quotes by

Carl Hiaasen

Heres my rule: You always want to pay cash for your own books, because if they look at the name on the credit card and then they look at the name on the book jacket, then theres this look of such profound sympathy for you that you had to resort to this. It really is withering. – Carl Hiaasen

Kids feel so strongly about whats going on today and whats happening to the world, and thats very inspiring. I feel more hopeful than ever before about the future. – Carl Hiaasen

Ive always enjoyed making people laugh. But in order for me to be funny, I have to get ticked off about something. – Carl Hiaasen

From my experience, politicians are much more uncomfortable being made fun of than they are being preached at and screeched at – you know, and the soapbox routine. Theyre much more uneasy knowing theyre a target of ridicule. – Carl Hiaasen

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, its hard to beat Sarah Palins ignorant nattering on the subject. – Carl Hiaasen

My humour has always come from anger, but I have to make sure I dont just get angry and jump on a soapbox. – Carl Hiaasen

Good satire comes from anger. It comes from a sense of injustice, that there are wrongs in the world that need to be fixed. And what better place to get that well of venom and outrage boiling than a newsroom, because youre on the front lines. – Carl Hiaasen

I never laugh or smile when I am writing. When I come home for lunch after writing all morning, my wife says I look like I just came home from a funeral. This is not bragging. This is an illness. – Carl Hiaasen

Humor can be an incredible, lacerating and effective weapon. – Carl Hiaasen

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

Humor can be an incredible lacerating and effective weapon. And that is the way I use it. – Carl Hiaasen

One problem with age is that patience begins to ebb. – Carl Hiaasen