The Basic Eight and Watch Your Mouth both have first-person voices, and I ended up investigating those voices and investing so much… — Daniel Handler Copy Share Image
I first told the idea to an editor I had met who, after reading one of my novels for adults that was… — Daniel Handler Copy Share Image
When I was researching my very first novel, "The Basic Eight," I was calling right-wing political and religious organizations and asking them… — Daniel Handler Copy Share Image
I can't think of a story that doesn't have something terrible in it. Otherwise, it's dull. So when I embarked into the… — Daniel Handler Copy Share Image
Just about everybody has written a first novel that they throw away before writing their actual first novel. — Daniel Handler Copy Share Image
I opened my mouth and kissed you then, the first time all night, attacked you and surrendered completely, and let’s get out… — Daniel Handler Copy Share Image
When it was first optioned, I was told that the chances of The Basic Eight becoming a film were slim because no… — Daniel Handler Copy Share Image
Lemony Snicket. Now, I'm told - the books, of course, starting from the very first one, became hugely popular, selling millions and… — Daniel Handler Copy Share Image
I'd written my first novel for adults, which was called Basic Eight and was set in a high school, and we were… — Daniel Handler Copy Share Image
I'd finished the first two [books] and they were going to to be published, and [editor] said, "We need you to write… — Daniel Handler Copy Share Image
I have this fantasy that the second movie would begin with a brief statement by all of the young actors who had… — Daniel Handler Copy Share Image
We laughed the rest of the way, because the point of this story is, it is not the cookies. It is the love. — Daniel Handler Copy Share
I can't imagine why you would want to take your child to see what the career of a writer is like, because it mostly… — Daniel Handler Copy Share
I’d ruin any day, all my days, for those long nights with you, and I did. — Daniel Handler Copy Share
Chestnuts in stuffing tastes like someone chewed up a tree branch and then French-kissed it into your mouth. — Daniel Handler Copy Share
Lemony Snicket. Now, I'm told - the books, of course, starting from the very first one, became hugely popular, selling millions and millions. And… — Daniel Handler Copy Share
“The matches were a little 'he loves me, he loves me not,' but then I saw right on the box that I had twenty-four,… — Daniel Handler Copy Share
I didn't like books where people played on a sports team and won a bunch of games, or went to summer camp and had… — Daniel Handler Copy Share
I love no one but you, I have discovered, but you are far away and I am here alone. — Daniel Handler Copy Share
The Basic Eight and Watch Your Mouth both have first-person voices, and I ended up investigating those voices and investing so much in them… — Daniel Handler Copy Share
The Long Goodbye' is one book I like to read over and over again, and it was an enormous inspiration for 'All The Wrong… — Daniel Handler Copy Share
The whole thing of what I’ve been trying,” you said, “is that you’re different, and you keep asking about the other girls, but what… — Daniel Handler Copy Share
I wrote a comedy, which hopefully [Rick director] Curtiss Clayton will bring to the screen, that I thought was the antithesis of all my… — Daniel Handler Copy Share
![“I'd finished the first two [books] and they were going to to be published, and [editor] said, "We need you to write a summary that will drive people to these books." And it took forever. I couldn't think of a thing to say. I looked at the back of other children's books that were full of giddy…” quote by Daniel Handler](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2a7/daniel-handler-1043_book_i-d-finished-the-first-two-books-and-the_2143218.jpg)
