Carl Hiaasen (/ˈhaɪ.əsɛn/; born March 12, 1953) is an American journalist, columnist, and novelist. Read full biography of Carl Hiaasen →
My escape is to just get in a boat and disappear on the water.
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... →
Nobody with an IQ higher than emergency-room temperature could ever believe that 'death panels' would be appointed to nudge the elderly... →
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... →
My driving record is not exemplary, but I have never had a speeding ticket over 100 m.p.h. I can say that unequivocally.
I think in the old days, the nexus of weirdness ran through Southern California, and to a degree New York City. I think it's changed so that... →
The first rule of hurricane coverage is that every broadcast must begin with palm trees bending in the wind.
You can do the best research and be making the strongest intellectual argument, but if readers don't get past the third paragraph you've... →
Disney's something to be a little alarmed about. It's not just a little theme park anymore. It's now an ethic and outlook and strategy... →
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... →
Humor can be an incredible, lacerating and effective weapon.
The Florida in my novels is not as seedy as the real Florida. It's hard to stay ahead of the curve. Every time I write a scene that I think is... →
My humour has always come from anger, but I have to make sure I don't just get angry and jump on a soapbox.
Carl Hiaasen (/ˈhaɪ.əsɛn/; born March 12, 1953) is an American journalist, columnist, and novelist.