Like Richard Price and the late, great Elmore Leonard, Matt Burgess is one of those cool, quick and funny writers who can turn a seemingly routine crime caper into something special.
Nobody with an IQ higher than emergency-room temperature could ever believe that 'death panels' would be appointed to nudge the elderly toward euthan… - 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 euthan…
- Carl Hiaasen
Sunset on the water ought to be a quiet and easy time, but I guess some people can't stand a little silence. - Carl Hiaasen
Sunset on the water ought to be a quiet and easy time, but I guess some people can't stand a little silence.
My escape is to just get in a boat and disappear on the water. - Carl Hiaasen
My escape is to just get in a boat and disappear on the water.
The Florida in my novels is not as seedy as the real Florida. It's hard to stay ahead of the curve. Every time I write a scene that I think is the si… - Carl Hiaasen
The Florida in my novels is not as seedy as the real Florida. It's hard to stay ahead of the curve. Every time I write a scene that I think is the si…
No deliberative body is manifestly less qualified to make decisions about public education than our state Legislature. With a few shining exceptions,… - Carl Hiaasen
No deliberative body is manifestly less qualified to make decisions about public education than our state Legislature. With a few shining exceptions,…
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 … - 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 …
My books are character-driven. They're not driven by the story. - Carl Hiaasen
My books are character-driven. They're not driven by the story.
There is no writer's block in a newsroom. There's only unemployment block. - Carl Hiaasen
There is no writer's block in a newsroom. There's only unemployment block.
That's the thing about being a Labrador retriever - you were born for fun. Seldom was your loopy, freewheeling mind cluttered by contemplation, and n… - Carl Hiaasen
That's the thing about being a Labrador retriever - you were born for fun. Seldom was your loopy, freewheeling mind cluttered by contemplation, and n…
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