Carl Hiaasen (/ˈhaɪ.əsɛn/; born March 12, 1953) is an American journalist, columnist, and novelist. Read full biography of Carl Hiaasen →
My books are character-driven. They're not driven by the story.
One problem with age is that patience begins to ebb.
There is no writer's block in a newsroom. There's only unemployment block.
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... →
I don't have an e-reader. One reason is that I like to dog-ear the page when I find a particularly good sentence or passage.
I won't be making any friends in the corporate suites.
Informed opponents of Obama's healthcare initiative have expressed dismay at the low level of discourse.
The greatest sin for a writer is to be boring.
The one word that no politician will ever speak, is 'enough.' Enough.
They have a crystalline sense of right and wrong; it disappears when they walk out the door with their M.B.A.
Unfortunately, I don't get to read nearly as much as I want because I'm always working on my own stuff, either the novels or newspaper... →
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... →
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... →
Carl Hiaasen (/ˈhaɪ.əsɛn/; born March 12, 1953) is an American journalist, columnist, and novelist.