When you're given a newspaper column, you're not being paid to sit on a fence and scratch your … - Carl Hiaasen

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A belief is like a guillotine, just as heavy, just as light.

Carl Hiaasen

When you're given a newspaper column, you're not being paid to sit on a fence and scratch your chin and say 'On the one hand this' and 'On the other hand that. ' You're getting paid for your opinion.

Column, Hands, Opinion, Say, Scratches, Sit

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Every writer scrounges for inspiration in different places, and there's no shame in raiding the headlines. It's necessary, in fact, when attempting contemporary satire. Sharp-edged humor relies on topical reference points.

Contemporary, Different, Facts, Humor, Inspiration, Scrounges

I love reality shows. The folks who dream up some of these concepts are either geniuses, or totally stoned.

Dream, Genius, Geniuses, Reality, Shows, Totally

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.

Special, Routine, Crime, Richard, Funny, Price

The greatest sin for a writer is to be boring.

Boring, Greatest, Sin, Writer

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 sickest thing I have ever dreamed up, it is surpassed by something that happens in real life.

Dreamed, Novels, Real, Sickest, Thinking, Writing

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