Carl Hiaasen Quotes
Quotes to Explore
-
The oldest books are only just out to those who have not read them.
-
We want a story that starts out with an earthquake and works its way up to a climax.
-
It's really about, oh come on, this guy wouldn't say that or he wouldn't do that, you know, it's about the characters, about the story, about the situation.
-
I'm not averse to being a supporting character. I try to pick parts where I can add something.
-
It's important for cinema to keep on evolving: for people, and not only teenagers, to be able to go to a movie that has huge epic scope but has an intellectual and real story to tell.
-
I read books. Remember those? I read them, on paper.
-
I'm not a very big fan of 'Slumdog Millionaire.' I think it's visually brilliant. But I have problems with the story line. I find the storyline unconvincing.
-
The test of character is having the ability to meet challenges.
-
As an actor, I'm my own worst critic, but after awhile, really, when you watch 'Moonrise Kingdom', it's such a fantastic film that you sort of get sucked into the story, and then you kind of forget about everything else.
-
You know, I'm from the South, and I wasn't interested in perpetuating a stereotypical southern character.
-
I steer clear of books with ugly covers. And ones that are touted as 'sweeping,' 'tender' or 'universal.'
-
There really isn't a story that you can't tell inside of it. It's very much a clearinghouse for anything that goes on in the world. So you're not at all limited.
-
No matter where your lot may be cast, no power on earth can keep you from making a man of yourself, a superb character, a masterpiece.
-
As a writer, I had learned a lot on 'Margin Call' about embracing the weaknesses of a narrative and of a project. A story always has an inherent narrative weakness.
-
Profitability comes from loyalty, productivity, and having a character base from which to work.
-
I played a character in 'Ransom' who was as evil as they come.
-
The biggest research of all when I do a character is self-examination. You look at yourself and you ask, 'How am I similar to this person and how am I different?'
-
I'm proud that Della was sort of a prototype for TV secretaries. There really was no such established character on TV when 'Perry Mason' came along.
-
I would not want to be a politician... Let me tell you this: If I was campaigning, and I go against my opponent and he started attacking my character, and I leap over the table and choke him unconscious, would that help my campaign?
-
I believe in singing to such an extent that, if I were asked to redesign the British educational system, I would start by insisting that group singing becomes a central part of the daily routine. I believe it builds character and, more than anything else, encourages a taste for cooperation with others.
-
Only in books has mankind known perfect truth, love and beauty.
-
We are bound to our bodies like an oyster to its shell.
-
I'm not blowing my own trumpet here, but I made a rap song 20 years ago with Afrika Bambaataa.
-
My books are character-driven. They're not driven by the story.
