“I've always enjoyed making people laugh. But in order for me to be funny, I have…” — Carl Hiaasen

My books are character-driven. They're not driven by the story.

I'd always wanted to write books ever since I was a kid.

There's so much hate that we direct externally that we forget we have our own psychos. But that's the role of the satirist - you have to examine your own country and say, 'look!'

People say sometimes, gosh, that was brave of you to write such-and-such last week. 'Brave?' What do they mean 'brave?' It's right! How could you not write it?