Geburtsdatum | Donnerstag, 12. März 1953 |
Geburtsort | Fort Lauderdale, Florida, U.S. |
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Beschreibung | Carl Hiaasen (/ˈhaɪ.əsɛn/; geboren am 12. März 1953) ist ein amerikanischer Journalist und Romanautor. Er begann seine Karriere als Zeitungsreporter und begann Ende der 1970er Jahre, in seiner Freizeit Romane zu schreiben, sowohl für Erwachsene als auch für junge Leser. Zwei seiner Romane wurden als Spielfilme verfilmt. Hiaasens Erwachsenenromane sind humorvolle Krimis, die in Florida spielen. Sie zeichnen sich durch exzentrische, manchmal groteske Charaktere aus und persiflieren Aspekte der amerikanischen Populärkultur. Viele der Romane behandeln Themen wie Umweltschutz und politische Korruption in seinem Heimatstaat. |
I've always enjoyed making people laugh. But in order for me to be funny, I have to get ticked off about something.
My books are shelved in different places, depending on the bookstore. Sometimes they can be found in the Mystery section, sometimes in the Humor department, and occasionally even in the Literature aisle, which is somewhat astounding.
My humour has always come from anger, but I have to make sure I don't just get angry and jump on a soapbox.
I never laugh or smile when I am writing. When I come home for lunch after writing all morning, my wife says I look like I just came home from a funeral. This is not bragging. This is an illness.
One problem with age is that patience begins to ebb.
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 get that well of venom and outrage boiling than a newsroom, because you're on the front lines.
Kids feel so strongly about what's going on today and what's happening to the world, and that's very inspiring. I feel more hopeful than ever before about the future.
Humor can be an incredible, lacerating and effective weapon.
From my experience, politicians are much more uncomfortable being made fun of than they are being preached at and screeched at - you know, and the soapbox routine. They're much more uneasy knowing they're a target of ridicule.
Humor can be an incredible lacerating and effective weapon. And that is the way I use it.
