American - Writer | March 12, 1953 -
There is no writer's block in a newsroom. There's only unemployment block.
Carl Hiaasen
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The greatest sin for a writer is to be boring.
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Obviously you have to make a profit to put out a newspaper. I'm not an idiot. But when the margins are in excess of 25 per cent you're talking about greed.
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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.
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I got overwhelmed by the magnitude of the celebrity culture in America. My background is as a news journalist, and newsrooms in the US are shrinking - investigation teams are being terminated or shrunk on newspapers all around the country. The one aspect that's expanded is coverage of celebrity culture.
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We've always been fascinated with movie stars and singers, but the fascination with people who really have nothing to offer is something new.
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All novels are about crime. You'd be hard pressed to find any novel that does not have an element of crime. I don't see myself as a crime novelist, but there are crimes in my books. That's the nature of storytelling, if you want to reflect the real world.
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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 finish what you're writing.
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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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The one word that no politician will ever speak, is 'enough.' Enough.
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I've never progressed very far from my days as a smart aleck in middle school.
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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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