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Carl Hiaasen Sympathy

Carl Hiaasen | sympathy

Here’s 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 there’s this look of such profound sympathy for you that you had to resort to this. It really is withering.

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Carl Hiaasen smile

Carl Hiaasen | smile

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.

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Carl Hiaasen patience

Carl Hiaasen | patience

One problem with age is that patience begins to ebb.

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Carl Hiaasen morning

Carl Hiaasen | morning

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.

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Carl Hiaasen humor

Carl Hiaasen | humor

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

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Carl Hiaasen humor

Carl Hiaasen | humor

Humor can be an incredible, lacerating and effective weapon.

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Carl Hiaasen humor

Carl Hiaasen | humor

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.

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Carl Hiaasen future

Carl Hiaasen | future

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.

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Carl Hiaasen funny

Carl Hiaasen | funny

I’ve always enjoyed making people laugh. But in order for me to be funny, I have to get ticked off about something.

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Carl Hiaasen experience

Carl Hiaasen | experience

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. They’re much more uneasy knowing they’re a target of ridicule.

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