If I were to say, "Yes, I am a fascinating, erudite person," what would that say about me? I don't know. — Daniel Handler Copy Share Image
For every teenager I know, having a phone is a mixed blessing, because your parents can press a button and figure out… — Daniel Handler Copy Share Image
Everyone tells you it's all right to cry, but not enough people say it's all right if you don't want people to… — Daniel Handler Copy Share Image
In America now there is this phenomenon called helicopter parenting, where you're hovering over your child for the whole time. Parents there… — Daniel Handler Copy Share Image
We all know of course, that we should never ever ever ever ever ever ever ever ever ever ever ever ever ever… — Daniel Handler Copy Share Image
I'm always loath to make generalizations about what is for children and what isn't. Certainly children's literature as a genre has some… — Daniel Handler Copy Share Image
One has to adopt a sort of Zen calm, in which you know you wrote the best book that you could at… — Daniel Handler Copy Share Image
There are secrets everywhere. I think everyone's parents have secrets. You just have to know where to look for them. — Daniel Handler Copy Share Image
I met [my editor] in a bar where alcoholic beverages are served and I bought her one and I told her the… — Daniel Handler Copy Share Image
A newspaper, as I'm sure you know, is a collection of supposedly true stories written down by writers who either saw them… — 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
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 Image
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 Image
“I love you so soundly and I will do anything to drag you forward.” — Daniel Handler Copy Share Image
I’d ruin any day, all my days, for those long nights with you, and I did. — Daniel Handler Copy Share Image
Chestnuts in stuffing tastes like someone chewed up a tree branch and then French-kissed it into your mouth. — 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 millions. And… — Daniel Handler Copy Share Image
“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 Image
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 Image
I love no one but you, I have discovered, but you are far away and I am here alone. — Daniel Handler Copy Share Image
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 Image
![“I met [my editor] in a bar where alcoholic beverages are served and I bought her one and I told her the idea. And she said that she liked it very much, which embarrassed me because I thought it meant that she was a lightweight and that in the morning, as so many women say to so many men, what…” quote by Daniel Handler](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/ac0/daniel-handler-1043_alcoholics_i-met-my-editor-in-a-bar-where-alcoholic_2914123.jpg)
![“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/img-quotes/2a7/daniel-handler-1043_book_i-d-finished-the-first-two-books-and-the_2143218.jpg)
