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



✵ 12. March 1953
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Works

Squeeze Me
Squeeze Me
Carl Hiaasen
Strip Tease
Strip Tease
Carl Hiaasen
Chomp
Chomp
Carl Hiaasen
Squeeze Me
Squeeze Me
Carl Hiaasen
Strip Tease
Strip Tease
Carl Hiaasen
Chomp
Chomp
Carl Hiaasen
Carl Hiaasen: 9 quotes1 like

Famous Carl Hiaasen Quotes

“'The mind, once stretched by a new idea, never returns to its original dimensions.' That's from Emerson, by the way. All I was hoping to do is stretch some goddamn minds.”

Carl Hiaasen book Squeeze Me

Epilogue
Novels, Squeeze Me (2020)

“Garcia wondered why people with JESUS stickers on their bumper always drove twenty miles per hour under the speed limit. If God was my co-pilot, he thought, I'd be doing a hundred and twenty.”

Carl Hiaasen Strip Tease

Source: Strip Tease

“Roy remembered the time he and his father had a talk about fighting. 'It's important to stand up for what's right,' Mr. Eberhardt had said, 'but sometimes there's a fine line between courage and stupidity.”

Carl Hiaasen book Hoot

Source: Hoot

“Mickey Cray had been out of work ever since a dead iguana fell from a palm tree and hit him on the head.”

Carl Hiaasen book Chomp

Source: Chomp

“I try not to stand on a soapbox and scream. That's boring. You've got to be funny sometimes. All my humor comes from anger. Satire is terrific therapy. Making people laugh is a joy, but making them think about something serious is the ultimate reward.”

Carl Hiaasen

"Ready to Give a Hoot", by Margaret Wappler; Los Angeles Times, April 30, 2006
Interviews

“In my business, fear is a sane and very healthy emotion. That's because death and disaster aren't abstractions. They're as goddamn real as real can be.”

Carl Hiaasen

Source: Novels, Lucky You (1997), Chapter 5

“A Ph.D. in microbiology is not necessary to grasp the concept: Clean water is good. Poopy water is bad.”

Carl Hiaasen

"Modern world puts evolution into reverse", July 6, 1995 (reprinted in Kick-Ass: Selected Columns)
Columns and articles

“I know you're not a stupid person, so why would you ask such a stunningly stupid question?”

Carl Hiaasen book Squeeze Me

Source: Novels, Squeeze Me (2020), Chapter 28

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