--- title: "11 Firsts Quotes By Daniel Handler" description: "11 Firsts quotes by Daniel Handler. Plus more from Daniel Handler and more Firsts sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b1e/daniel-handler-1043_asking_when-i-was-researching-my-very-first-nov_1743664.jpg" --- > [When I was researching my very first novel, "The Basic Eight," I was calling right-wing political and religious organizations and asking them…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/daniel-handler/when-i-was-researching-my-very-first-novel-the-basic-eight-i-was/) [Daniel Handler](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/daniel-handler/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b1e/daniel-handler-1043_asking_when-i-was-researching-my-very-first-nov_1743664.jpg) > [The Basic Eight and Watch Your Mouth both have first-person voices, and I ended up investigating those voices and investing so much…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/daniel-handler/the-basic-eight-and-watch-your-mouth-both-have-first-person-voices/) [Daniel Handler](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/daniel-handler/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c96/daniel-handler-1043_eight_the-basic-eight-and-watch-your-mouth-bot_110404.jpg) > [I first told the idea to an editor I had met who, after reading one of my novels for adults that was…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/daniel-handler/i-first-told-the-idea-to-an-editor-i-had-met-who-after-reading-one-of/) [Daniel Handler](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/daniel-handler/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/efe/daniel-handler-1043_adults_i-first-told-the-idea-to-an-editor-i-had_2276572.jpg) > [Just about everybody has written a first novel that they throw away before writing their actual first novel.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/daniel-handler/just-about-everybody-has-written-a-first-novel-that-they-throw-away/) [Daniel Handler](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/daniel-handler/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/cb1/daniel-handler-1043_books_just-about-everybody-has-written-a-first_509514.jpg) > [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/daniel-handler/i-can-t-think-of-a-story-that-doesn-t-have-something-terrible-in-it/) [Daniel Handler](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/daniel-handler/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a0e/daniel-handler-1043_book_i-can-t-think-of-a-story-that-doesn-t-ha_1997471.jpg) > [I opened my mouth and kissed you then, the first time all night, attacked you and surrendered completely, and let’s get out…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/daniel-handler/i-opened-my-mouth-and-kissed-you-then-the-first-time-all-night/) [Daniel Handler](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/daniel-handler/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/330/daniel-handler-1043_break_i-opened-my-mouth-and-kissed-you-then-th_1151752.jpg) > [Lemony Snicket. Now, I'm told - the books, of course, starting from the very first one, became hugely popular, selling millions and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/daniel-handler/lemony-snicket-now-i-m-told-the-books-of-course-starting-from-the/) [Daniel Handler](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/daniel-handler/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/aa3/daniel-handler-1043_agents_lemony-snicket-now-i-m-told-the-books-of_73374.jpg) > [I'd written my first novel for adults, which was called Basic Eight and was set in a high school, and we were…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/daniel-handler/i-d-written-my-first-novel-for-adults-which-was-called-basic-eight/) [Daniel Handler](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/daniel-handler/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/23b/daniel-handler-1043_adults_i-d-written-my-first-novel-for-adults-wh_2788631.jpg) > [When it was first optioned, I was told that the chances of The Basic Eight becoming a film were slim because no…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/daniel-handler/when-it-was-first-optioned-i-was-told-that-the-chances-of-the-basic/) [Daniel Handler](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/daniel-handler/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9ae/daniel-handler-1043_becoming_when-it-was-first-optioned-i-was-told-th_1451651.jpg) > [I have this fantasy that the second movie would begin with a brief statement by all of the young actors who had…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/daniel-handler/i-have-this-fantasy-that-the-second-movie-would-begin-with-a-brief/) [Daniel Handler](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/daniel-handler/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d1c/daniel-handler-1043_actors_i-have-this-fantasy-that-the-second-movi_1718321.jpg) > [ I'd finished the first two \[books\] and they were going to to be published, and \[editor\] said, "We need you to write… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/daniel-handler/i-d-finished-the-first-two-books-and-they-were-going-to-to-be/) [Daniel Handler](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/daniel-handler/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2a7/daniel-handler-1043_book_i-d-finished-the-first-two-books-and-the_2143218.jpg) ## Other authors on Firsts ## More by Daniel Handler > [We laughed the rest of the way, because the point of this story is, it is not the cookies. It is the love.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/daniel-handler/we-laughed-the-rest-of-the-way-because-the-point-of-this-story-is-it/) [Daniel Handler](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/daniel-handler/) > [I started making plans, thinking we would get that far.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/daniel-handler/i-started-making-plans-thinking-we-would-get-that-far/) [Daniel Handler](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/daniel-handler/) > [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/daniel-handler/i-can-t-imagine-why-you-would-want-to-take-your-child-to-see-what-the/) [Daniel Handler](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/daniel-handler/) > [“All the deaths are dead for nothing but you're not dead at all.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/daniel-handler/all-the-deaths-are-dead-for-nothing-but-you-re-not-dead-at-all/) [daniel handler](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/daniel-handler/) > [“I love you so soundly and I will do anything to drag you forward.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/daniel-handler/i-love-you-so-soundly-and-i-will-do-anything-to-drag-you-forward/) [Daniel Handler](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/daniel-handler/) > [I’d ruin any day, all my days, for those long nights with you, and I did.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/daniel-handler/i-d-ruin-any-day-all-my-days-for-those-long-nights-with-you-and-i-did/) [Daniel Handler](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/daniel-handler/) > [Chestnuts in stuffing tastes like someone chewed up a tree branch and then French-kissed it into your mouth.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/daniel-handler/chestnuts-in-stuffing-tastes-like-someone-chewed-up-a-tree-branch-and/) [Daniel Handler](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/daniel-handler/) > [Lemony Snicket. Now, I'm told - the books, of course, starting from the very first one, became hugely popular, selling millions and millions. And…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/daniel-handler/lemony-snicket-now-i-m-told-the-books-of-course-starting-from-the/) [Daniel Handler](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/daniel-handler/) > [“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,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/daniel-handler/the-matches-were-a-little-he-loves-me-he-loves-me-not-but-then-i-saw/) [Daniel Handler](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/daniel-handler/) > [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/daniel-handler/i-didn-t-like-books-where-people-played-on-a-sports-team-and-won-a/) [Daniel Handler](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/daniel-handler/) > [I love no one but you, I have discovered, but you are far away and I am here alone.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/daniel-handler/i-love-no-one-but-you-i-have-discovered-but-you-are-far-away-and-i-am/) [Daniel Handler](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/daniel-handler/) > [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/daniel-handler/the-basic-eight-and-watch-your-mouth-both-have-first-person-voices/) [Daniel Handler](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/daniel-handler/) > [The Long Goodbye' is one book I like to read over and over again, and it was an enormous inspiration for 'All The Wrong…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/daniel-handler/the-long-goodbye-is-one-book-i-like-to-read-over-and-over-again-and/) [Daniel Handler](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/daniel-handler/) > [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/daniel-handler/the-whole-thing-of-what-i-ve-been-trying-you-said-is-that-you-re/) [Daniel Handler](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/daniel-handler/) > [ I wrote a comedy, which hopefully \[Rick director\] Curtiss Clayton will bring to the screen, that I thought was the antithesis of all my… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/daniel-handler/i-wrote-a-comedy-which-hopefully-rick-director-curtiss-clayton-will/) [Daniel Handler](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/daniel-handler/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/firsts/daniel-handler/#itemlist", "name": "11 Firsts Quotes By Daniel Handler", "numberOfItems": 11, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "When I was researching my very first novel, \"The Basic Eight,\" I was calling right-wing political and religious organizations and asking them to mail me their material so that I could mock them in my novels.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Daniel Handler" }, "url": 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Take me home, my boyfriend, my love.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Daniel Handler" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/daniel-handler/i-opened-my-mouth-and-kissed-you-then-the-first-time-all-night/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/330/daniel-handler-1043_break_i-opened-my-mouth-and-kissed-you-then-th_1151752.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/330/daniel-handler-1043_break_i-opened-my-mouth-and-kissed-you-then-th_1151752.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/330/daniel-handler-1043_break_i-opened-my-mouth-and-kissed-you-then-th_1151752.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“I opened my mouth and kissed you then, the first time all night, attacked you and surrendered completely…” — Daniel Handler", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 7, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Lemony Snicket. Now, I'm told - the books, of course, starting from the very first one, became hugely popular, selling millions and millions. And I understand that when you used to go around to talk to your very young fans, you would appear as Lemony Snicket's representative or agent.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Daniel Handler" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/daniel-handler/lemony-snicket-now-i-m-told-the-books-of-course-starting-from-the/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/aa3/daniel-handler-1043_agents_lemony-snicket-now-i-m-told-the-books-of_73374.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/aa3/daniel-handler-1043_agents_lemony-snicket-now-i-m-told-the-books-of_73374.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/aa3/daniel-handler-1043_agents_lemony-snicket-now-i-m-told-the-books-of_73374.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Lemony Snicket. 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She said, \"Well, we can't publish this, but I think you should write something for children,\" which I thought was a really terrible idea.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Daniel Handler" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/daniel-handler/i-d-written-my-first-novel-for-adults-which-was-called-basic-eight/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/23b/daniel-handler-1043_adults_i-d-written-my-first-novel-for-adults-wh_2788631.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/23b/daniel-handler-1043_adults_i-d-written-my-first-novel-for-adults-wh_2788631.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/23b/daniel-handler-1043_adults_i-d-written-my-first-novel-for-adults-wh_2788631.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“I'd written my first novel for adults, which was called Basic Eight and was set in a high school, and we…” — Daniel Handler", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 9, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "When it was first optioned, I was told that the chances of The Basic Eight becoming a film were slim because no one was making teen movies, and then later, I was told that the chances were slim because there were so many teen movies, and then I was later told that the chances were slim because teen films were over. I'm not sure when the magic window of opportunity was, but perhaps it's still on the horizon.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Daniel Handler" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/daniel-handler/when-it-was-first-optioned-i-was-told-that-the-chances-of-the-basic/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9ae/daniel-handler-1043_becoming_when-it-was-first-optioned-i-was-told-th_1451651.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9ae/daniel-handler-1043_becoming_when-it-was-first-optioned-i-was-told-th_1451651.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9ae/daniel-handler-1043_becoming_when-it-was-first-optioned-i-was-told-th_1451651.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“When it was first optioned, I was told that the chances of The Basic Eight becoming a film were slim because…” — Daniel Handler", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 10, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "I have this fantasy that the second movie would begin with a brief statement by all of the young actors who had played the children in the first movie, explaining how it had ruined their lives, so we would catch up with Emily Browning drinking heavily in the back of a burlesque bar, and maybe Liam Aiken would be living underneath a bridge, and then instead of the twins who played Sunny, we would just try to find the oldest woman in the world, and get an interview with her sitting in a trailer park.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Daniel Handler" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/daniel-handler/i-have-this-fantasy-that-the-second-movie-would-begin-with-a-brief/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d1c/daniel-handler-1043_actors_i-have-this-fantasy-that-the-second-movi_1718321.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d1c/daniel-handler-1043_actors_i-have-this-fantasy-that-the-second-movi_1718321.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d1c/daniel-handler-1043_actors_i-have-this-fantasy-that-the-second-movi_1718321.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“I have this fantasy that the second movie would begin with a brief statement by all of the young actors who…” — Daniel Handler", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 11, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "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. 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