3 December 2020 Carl Hiaasen Good satire comes from anger. It comes from a sense of injustice, that there are wrongs in the world that need to be fixed. And what better place to get that well of venom and outrage boiling than a newsroom, because you’re on the front lines.
3 December 2020 Carl Hiaasen My humour has always come from anger, but I have to make sure I don’t just get angry and jump on a soapbox.
3 December 2020 Carl Hiaasen Nobody with an IQ higher than emergency-room temperature could ever believe that ‘death panels’ would be appointed to nudge the elderly toward euthanasia. Yet for idle entertainment, it’s hard to beat Sarah Palin’s ignorant nattering on the subject.
3 December 2020 Carl Hiaasen I’ve always enjoyed making people laugh. But in order for me to be funny, I have to get ticked off about something.
3 December 2020 Carl Hiaasen Humor can be an incredible lacerating and effective weapon. And that is the way I use it.
3 December 2020 Carl Hiaasen 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.
3 December 2020 Carl Hiaasen 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.
3 December 2020 Carl Hiaasen 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.
3 December 2020 Carl Hiaasen 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.
