It’s something to be a little alarmed about, … It’s not just a little theme park anymore. It’s now an ethic and outlook and strategy that goes way beyond central Florida.

as a lobbyist he had long ago concluded there was no difference in how Democrats and Republicans conducted the business of government. The game stayed the same: It was always about favors and friends, and...

I wait for the headlines to inspire me.

Disney’s something to be a little alarmed about. It’s not just a little theme park anymore. It’s now an ethic and outlook and strategy that goes way beyond central Florida.

In his own mind, it was never a matter of courage. But courage it was.

The central part of the state is more remote and less scenic, and there’s a huge agricultural belt that stretches from the south of Lake Okeechobee to the border of Everglades National Park, where the...

Humor can be an incredible, lacerating and effective weapon.

Please don’t grow up to be one of those men who lie for the sport of it, and most men do. That’s a fact. That’s why the world is so messed up, Noah. That’s why...

These are all kids who are going to be growing up to vote. They have a much clearer idea of the kind of world they want to live in, … I like to think sanity...

Fallen-tree video is absolutely essential to hurricane broadcasts. The most sought-after footage is, in order of ratings: 1. Big tree on strip mall. 2. Big tree on house. 3. Big tree on car. 4. Small...

From the bow of the canoe she asked, “Do you know a rain dance?””First I need a virgin.

I am still a little awestruck,

That’s the thing about being a Labrador retriever – you were born for fun. Seldom was your loopy, freewheeling mind cluttered by contemplation, and never at all by somber worry; every day was a romp....

Sunset on the water ought to be a quiet and easy time, but I guess some people can’t stand a little silence.

I thought nobody in his right mind was going to publish a book for kids by me — not if they’ve read my adult fiction,

My father’s a large man, very strong, but he says fighting is for people who can’t win with their brains. He also says there are times when you’ve got no choice but to defend yourself...

That’s what people do when they find a special place that wild and full of life, they trample it to death.

It just gets kinda creepy, it’s so orderly and efficient and insulated from the real world,

Actually it was the mark of the stupid, which is what you get for sitting under a tree during a thunderstorm.

…Right now there’s a pair of bad cops on their way out here to shoot me.””You don’t know that.””Yeah, you’re right,” Stranahan said. “They’re probably just collecting Toys for Tots. Now go.

Welcome to the exciting world of hurricane journalism! While your highly paid colleagues on the anchor desk are broadcasting from the dry safety of a heavily fortified television studio, you and your camera crew will...

Remember what happened last time with the ‘cuda.

I have this pet peeve which is when I read a novel I don’t want to hit page 200 and have to go back to the beginning to figure out which character is which,

The first rule of hurricane coverage is that every broadcast must begin with palm trees bending in the wind.

I think once they get into it and read it, they’ll plug right in to it, … It’s not fiction. It’s the real thing. The message and underlying theme are serious. There are parts of...

Team Rodent: How Disney Devours the World.

They have a crystalline sense of right and wrong, … it disappears when they walk out the door with their M.B.A.

Garcia wondered why people with JESUS stickers on their bumper always drove twenty miles per hour under the speed limit. If God was my co-pilot, he thought, I’d be doing a hundred and twenty.

I always try to burden even the villains with some weird predilection they have to cope with. It helps make them memorable, and gives them a human side.