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title: "12 Knows Quotes By Daniel Handler"
description: "12 Knows quotes by Daniel Handler. Plus more from Daniel Handler and more Knows sayings from other authors."
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> [If I were to say, "Yes, I am a fascinating, erudite person," what would that say about me? I don't know.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/daniel-handler/if-i-were-to-say-yes-i-am-a-fascinating-erudite-person-what-would/)

[Daniel Handler](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/daniel-handler/)

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> [Tell it to everyone you know, but pretend you're kidding.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/daniel-handler/tell-it-to-everyone-you-know-but-pretend-you-re-kidding/)

[Daniel Handler](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/daniel-handler/)

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> [One has to adopt a sort of Zen calm, in which you know you wrote the best book that you could at…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/daniel-handler/one-has-to-adopt-a-sort-of-zen-calm-in-which-you-know-you-wrote-the/)

[Daniel Handler](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/daniel-handler/)

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> [There are secrets everywhere. I think everyone's parents have secrets. You just have to know where to look for them.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/daniel-handler/there-are-secrets-everywhere-i-think-everyone-s-parents-have-secrets/)

[Daniel Handler](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/daniel-handler/)

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> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/daniel-handler/everyone-tells-you-it-s-all-right-to-cry-but-not-enough-people-say-it/)

[Daniel Handler](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/daniel-handler/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ec9/daniel-handler-1043_cry_everyone-tells-you-it-s-all-right-to-cry_1349745.jpg)

> [For every teenager I know, having a phone is a mixed blessing, because your parents can press a button and figure out…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/daniel-handler/for-every-teenager-i-know-having-a-phone-is-a-mixed-blessing-because/)

[Daniel Handler](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/daniel-handler/)

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> [A newspaper, as I'm sure you know, is a collection of supposedly true stories written down by writers who either saw them…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/daniel-handler/a-newspaper-as-i-m-sure-you-know-is-a-collection-of-supposedly-true/)

[Daniel Handler](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/daniel-handler/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4bf/daniel-handler-1043_ballerina_a-newspaper-as-i-m-sure-you-know-is-a-co_2374622.jpg)

> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/daniel-handler/i-m-always-loath-to-make-generalizations-about-what-is-for-children/)

[Daniel Handler](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/daniel-handler/)

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> [ I met \[my editor\] in a bar where alcoholic beverages are served and I bought her one and I told her the… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/daniel-handler/i-met-my-editor-in-a-bar-where-alcoholic-beverages-are-served-and-i/)

[Daniel Handler](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/daniel-handler/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ac0/daniel-handler-1043_alcoholics_i-met-my-editor-in-a-bar-where-alcoholic_2914123.jpg)

> [We all know of course, that we should never ever ever ever ever ever ever ever ever ever ever ever ever ever…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/daniel-handler/we-all-know-of-course-that-we-should-never-ever-ever-ever-ever-ever/)

[Daniel Handler](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/daniel-handler/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d71/daniel-handler-1043_courses_we-all-know-of-course-that-we-should-nev_1753734.jpg)

> [In America now there is this phenomenon called helicopter parenting, where you're hovering over your child for the whole time. Parents there…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/daniel-handler/in-america-now-there-is-this-phenomenon-called-helicopter-parenting/)

[Daniel Handler](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/daniel-handler/)

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> [ 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/)

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## Other authors on Knows

## 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/)

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