Carl Hiaasen
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"Carl Hiaasen" is an American journalist, columnist, and novelist.

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I thought nobody in his right mind was going to publish a book for kids by me -- not if they've read my adult fiction.

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I always try to burden even the villains with some weird predilection they have to cope with. It helps make them memorable, and gives them a human side.

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They have a crystalline sense of right and wrong, ... it disappears when they walk out the door with their M.B.A.

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I wait for the headlines to inspire me.

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Welcome to the exciting world of hurricane journalism! While your highly paid colleagues on the anchor desk are broadcasting from the dry safety of a heavily fortified television studio, you and your camera crew will be out in the maw of the storm, risking your lives for no good reason.

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I am still a little awestruck.

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These are all kids who are going to be growing up to vote. They have a much clearer idea of the kind of world they want to live in, ... I like to think sanity will prevail.

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I have this pet peeve which is when I read a novel I don't want to hit page 200 and have to go back to the beginning to figure out which character is which.

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The central part of the state is more remote and less scenic, and there's a huge agricultural belt that stretches from the south of Lake Okeechobee to the border of Everglades National Park, where the restoration effort is being concentrated, ... Obviously the movement to save the Everglades runs up against agricultural concerns.

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