Sure, Hiaasen says, he's pondered giving up the life of an ink-stained wretch, but that's all.

CNN: Carl Hiaasen reports from 'Paradise'

Newton Faulkner, Zane Lowe, Wretch 32, Jamie Cullum, Ms. Dynamite and Trent Reznor were among the high-profile names giving advice.

BBC: Jamie Cullum and Jo Whiley

It is an army of wild dogs led by this apostate, this hideous wretch, this devil who will drink your tea and bow before he takes everything from you.

NPR: E.L. Doctorow on Sherman and 'The March'

Then enjoy your 5880 Dow, you wretch.

FORBES: Woody and the Dow

Who cannot feel for the poor wretch, down on his knees, begging forgiveness "in his tailcoat of Narvarino smoke and flame, in his velvet waistcoat and new trousers, with his satin necktie and carefully groomed hair from which emanated the fresh smell of eau de Cologne"?

WSJ: Surveying the Surging Immensity of Life | Dead Souls | Nikolai Gogol | By Joseph Epstein