Unfortunately for novelists, real life is getting way too funny and far-fetched. Carl Hiaasen More Quotes by Carl Hiaasen More Quotes From Carl Hiaasen Hey. Sometimes to conclusions. Carl Hiaasen conclusion hey sometimes I won't be making any friends in the corporate suites. Carl Hiaasen corporate I love reality shows. The folks who dream up some of these concepts are either geniuses, or totally stoned. Carl Hiaasen genius dream reality There's this false notion that this is a regional phenomenon, when in fact every state in the union has hardcore rednecks. No exceptions. Carl Hiaasen redneck unions facts I'm sort of fascinated by America's fascination with rednecks, the whole Duck Dynasty thing. Being a white guy from the South, I find it amazing that so many TV viewers are enchanted by beards, bad dentistry and moonshine accents. Carl Hiaasen redneck ducks white The TV commercials, which are endless and fairly crass, gave birth to Brock, the bad-lawyer character in Razor Girl. In real life you can find even sleazier examples than him. Carl Hiaasen girl real character Unfortunately, Florida is a mecca for the shyster element, and there are apparently no rules on the kinds of advertising a lawyer can do. Carl Hiaasen florida mecca elements Ironically, I come from a family of lawyers - my dad, my grandfather, and now my oldest son. And some of my very best friends are lawyers, though they don't resemble the ones that appear in my novels. Carl Hiaasen dad grandfather son I've never before had the same main character appear in consecutive novels, but I liked Yancy and his attitude, and I was curious to see what would happen to him after Bad Monkey. And I liked the idea of him still trying to get his detective job back while he's stuck on roach patrol. Carl Hiaasen attitude jobs character Every writer scrounges for inspiration in different places, and there's no shame in raiding the headlines. It's necessary, in fact, when attempting contemporary satire. Sharp-edged humor relies on topical reference points. Carl Hiaasen different inspiration facts I still do a weekly opinion column for the Miami Herald, and it's like shooting fish in a barrel. Rotten fish. Carl Hiaasen rotten shooting miami A bonus, being a writer, is that the true-life source material is fabulously bizarre. There's so much corruption, violence and free-floating depravity that the well never runs dry, whether you're a novelist, a journalist, or both. Carl Hiaasen true-life floating running I was born and raised here [in Florida], so I still have tremendous affection for the state - especially the few wild places that haven't disappeared under concrete. What's left is still worth fighting for, and that's why I stay. Carl Hiaasen wild-places florida fighting That dreadful alligator attack in Orlando would never have happened if Disney had put up real warning signs, like other Florida resorts do. But wild alligators don't fit the Disney image, so they were no proper warnings, and a child died for no reason. Carl Hiaasen florida real children Disney is just Disney. It's a company that's very good at what it does - controlling and promoting an image - until something happens that it can't control or cover up. Carl Hiaasen cover-ups very-good doe When I was writing Razor Girl, I thought it would be fun to have a redneck TV family that was really just a bunch of actors who had to be trained to be rednecks. That's not so farfetched, if you know how Hollywood works. Carl Hiaasen girl writing fun They have a crystalline sense of right and wrong; it disappears when they walk out the door with their M.B.A. Carl Hiaasen right-and-wrong door wrong walk 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. Carl Hiaasen you suits deserve special
