My humour has always come from anger, but I have to make sure I don't just get angry and jump on a soapbox.
Carl HiaasenAll novels are about crime. You'd be hard pressed to find any novel that does not have an element of crime. I don't see myself as a crime novelist, but there are crimes in my books. That's the nature of storytelling, if you want to reflect the real world.
Carl HiaasenThe first rule of hurricane coverage is that every broadcast must begin with palm trees bending in the wind.
Carl HiaasenIf you write satire, the guilty pleasure these days is that there's just so much material about. On the other hand, if you have a family it can be depressing.
Carl Hiaasen