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You can do the best research and be making the strongest intellectual argument, but if readers don't get past the third paragraph you've wasted your energy and valuable ink.
Carl Hiaasen
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Carl Hiaasen
Age: 71
Born: 1953
Born: March 12
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Fort Lauderdale
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One problem with age is that patience begins to ebb.
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When I'm working on a novel of my own, I try to read mostly nonfiction, although sometimes I break down and peek at something else.
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My driving record is not exemplary, but I have never had a speeding ticket over 100 m.p.h. I can say that unequivocally.
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